Re: A problwm with the folder mode

[Andreas Davour <andreas.davour@snowmen.se>]

At Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:48:01 +0200,
David Maus wrote:
> 
> At Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:01:33 +0900,
> Kazuhiro Ito wrote:
> >
> > > > > > It seems that Wanderlust tries to connect directly to port
> > > > > > 993, which is normally used for IMAP over SSL/TLS connection.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 3. If you didn't input a fully specified folder name, what is the
> > > > > > result when you try with a fully specified name, e.g.
> > > > > > "%test:andreasda/clear@mail.snowmen.se:993!".
> > > > >
> > > > > That seem to work, but then I have the next problem of renaming it
> > > > > to something less verbose, which fails.
> > > >
> > > > 4. What is the result of evaluating the below code? (paste it in
> > > > *scratch* buffer and C-j after the last closing paren)
> > > >
> > > > (list
> > > >  elmo-imap4-default-authenticate-type
> > > >  elmo-imap4-default-hierarchy-delimiter
> > > >  elmo-imap4-default-port
> > > >  elmo-imap4-default-server
> > > >  elmo-imap4-default-stream-type
> > > >  elmo-imap4-default-user
> > > >  (elmo-make-folder "%test"))
> > >
> > > (list
> > >  elmo-imap4-default-authenticate-type
> > >  elmo-imap4-default-hierarchy-delimiter
> > >  elmo-imap4-default-port
> > >  elmo-imap4-default-server
> > >  elmo-imap4-default-stream-type
> > >  elmo-imap4-default-user
> > >  (elmo-make-folder "%test"))
> > > (clear "/" 993 "mail.snowmen.se" startssl "andreasda" [elmo-imap4-folder [0 0 0 0 0 0 0] imap4 "%test" "%" nil nil nil nil t nil nil ...])
> >
> > If you do not modify elmo-network-stream-type-alist or
> > elmo-imap4-stream-type-alist's value, your
> > elmo-imap4-default-stream-type is not correctly set.  Try below code.
> >
> > (setq elmo-imap4-default-stream-type 'ssl)
> 
> 
> +1 -- starttls is inband-encryption, i.e. inside an insecure
> connection. 993 is IMAPs, secure connection.
> 
> I can reproduce the hang if I try to connect to 993 with starttls.

I understand nothing about inband, outband and the like. If the manual could be updated to be readble for someone who like me have very little knowledge of what ssl, startssl, tls and starttls is and how the interact, that would be helpful. In the other case, pointers to tutorials online would be interesting.

I tried to set (setq elmo-imap4-default-stream-type 'ssl) like suggested above and while I can connect to the mail server I get "authetication is failed" messages when I try "m a" regardless of the value of elmo-imap4-default-authenticate-type (I'd like to use GSSAPI, whatever setting that corresponds to).

/andreas