Re: More than one IMAP mailbox on the same server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:12:04 -0500 victor@algebraic.org (Victor S. Miller) 
wrote: 

VSM> I should have also said that I wanted the .authinfo file to store the
VSM> passwords for each account.  If I wanted to be prompted for the
VSM> passwords each time (and it must be for both), then I could have just
VSM> used the server/port to key on the mailbox.

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:21:39 +0800 CHENG Gao <chenggao@gmail.com> wrote: 

CG> You can use labels.

CG> in .gnus

CG> ,----
CG> | ;;         (nnimap "account1"
CG> | ;;                      (nnimap-server-port 143)
CG> | ;;                      (nnimap-address "imapserver")
CG> | ;;                      (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo"))
CG> `----
CG> ,----
CG> | ;;         (nnimap "account2"
CG> | ;;                      (nnimap-server-port 143)
CG> | ;;                      (nnimap-address "imapserver")
CG> | ;;                      (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo"))
CG> `----

CG> then in .authinfo:

CG> ,----
CG> | machine account1 login YOURLOGIN password YOURPASS
CG> | machine account2 login YOURLOGIN password YOURPASS
CG> `----

Victor, do labels work for you?  This seems like an example that should
be in the manual.

Ted