Re: Dovecot not liking .authinfo?

[Slackrat]

* Jim Crossley <jim@crossleys.org> a écrit
> This probably isn't a gnus problem, but I've used gnus with a lot of
> different IMAP servers and I've never had a problem with putting my
> credentials in ~/.authinfo.
>
> I'm trying out a dovecot imap server, and gnus simply will not
> authenticate to it with what's in ~/.authinfo.  It prompts me every
> time!  The perms are correct, and it works with other imap servers.
> I've looked at the dovecot.conf but nothing looks strange, and I'm
> pretty much using the debian defaults.
>
> Anyone else seen this before?  Any ideas what I might try?  I'm tired
> of typing in my password.  :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

Comiserating, I have excatly the same problem with NoIp's alternative
port

Except that they just disconnect on me

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