Re: Gnus and authinfo

[Leo Butler]

On Mon, Dec 04 2023, "Otto J. Makela" <om@iki.fi> wrote:

> On 12/4/23 16:15, CHENG Gao via Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the 
> GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader (in English) wrote:
>> * On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 11:45:51 +0200
>> * Also sprach "Otto J. Makela" <om@iki.fi>:
>> 
>>> Setting epg-pinentry-mode to be 'loopback' does not seem to
>>> make any change here, it still asks for username and password.
>> Try (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback) if not yet. HTH.
>
> As I said, it does not seem to make a difference (still asks for
> username and password instead of reading them from .authinfo) when I
> added that setq into my .emacs, except it really is that value now:
>
> epg-pinentry-mode is a variable defined in ‘epg-config.el’.
>
> Its value is ‘loopback’
> Original value was nil
>
> What are your suggestion on how should I go about debugging what goes awry?

I have had a similar experiences in the past. It was caused by the
username and/or servername in .authinfo.gpg not matching. I repeatedly
missed the problem, because I was convinced the problem was elsewhere.

Is this a possibility for you?

Best,
Leo