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Re: gmail over pop3



* kurt <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxx> [07-09-05 15:03]:
> Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > .muttrc
> > mailboxes 'pops://<user.name>:<passwd> <at> pop.gmail.com'
> > account-hook pops://<user.name> <at> gmail.com 'set pop_user=<username> \
> > pop_pass=<passwd>'
> >
> > note:  if account-hook has passwd, it is not needed at mailboxes
> 
> 
> This looks promising, but I still get the following uidl error, after
> popping to gmail and accepting the cert:
> 
> "Command UIDL is not recognized by server."
> 
> [That error is preceded by the message: "68BSSL connection using
> TLSv1/SSLv3 (DES-CBC3-SHA)"]
> 
> I've tried different POP settings on the gmail side ... and always the
> same error.
> 
> Here's my relevant .muttrc, per your spec. Actually, for testing
> purposes, this is my entire .muttrc.
> 
> mailboxes 'pops://USER:PASSWORD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> account-hook pops://USER@xxxxxxxxx 'set pop_user=USER pop_pass=PASSWORD'

needs "'" as (my error):
  account-hook 'pops://USER@xxxxxxxxx' 'set pop_user=USER pop_pass=PASSWORD'
  
> Quick sidebar question: for the account-hook, do we want "@gmail.com",
> as you specified, or "@pop.gmail.com". I tried both. Neither works.

not necessary

> I try popping in with
> 
> # mutt -f pops://USER@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

this works for me with muttrc set to /dev/null.  You *do* have pop
enabled at gmail.google.com ?????

> (I compiled mutt with POP and ssl)
> 
> Should I be using a different command?

pat@wahoo:~> mutt -v
Mutt 1.5.9i (2005-03-13)
Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Michael R. Elkins and others.
Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type mutt -vv'.
Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type mutt -vv' for details.

System: Linux 2.4.21-291-default (i686) [using ncurses 5.3]
Compile options:
-DOMAIN
-DEBUG
-HOMESPOOL  -USE_SETGID  +USE_DOTLOCK  -DL_STANDALONE  
+USE_FCNTL  -USE_FLOCK   -USE_INODESORT   
+USE_POP  +USE_IMAP  -USE_GSS  +USE_SSL  -USE_GNUTLS  +USE_SASL
+USE_SASL2  
+HAVE_REGCOMP  -USE_GNU_REGEX  
+HAVE_COLOR  +HAVE_START_COLOR  +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD  +HAVE_BKGDSET  
+HAVE_CURS_SET  +HAVE_META  +HAVE_RESIZETERM  
+CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_PGP  +CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_SMIME
-CRYPT_BACKEND_GPGME  +BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS  -SUN_ATTACHMENT  
+ENABLE_NLS  -LOCALES_HACK  +COMPRESSED  +HAVE_WC_FUNCS
+HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET  +HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR  
+HAVE_ICONV  -ICONV_NONTRANS  -HAVE_LIBIDN  +HAVE_GETSID
+HAVE_GETADDRINFO  +USE_HCACHE  
-ISPELL
SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
MAILPATH="/var/mail"
PKGDATADIR="/usr/share/mutt"
SYSCONFDIR="/etc"
EXECSHELL="/bin/sh"
-MIXMASTER
To contact the developers, please mail to <mutt-dev@xxxxxxxx>.
To report a bug, please use the flea(1) utility.

mutt-cvs-header-cache.29
patch-1.5.8.rr.compressed.1

> Any ideas how to circumvent the UIDL error or another muttrc
> configuration that is *known* to work with gmail?

I do not know why you get this error.
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