From 14029d4b8ae27a74959b5b959060930d36fd09c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Albinus Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:21:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * tramp.texi (History): Remove IMAP support. (External methods, Frequently Asked Questions): Remove `imap' and `imaps' methods. (Password handling): Remove IMAP entries for ~/.authinfo.gpg. * trampver.texi: Remove default value of `emacsimap'. --- doc/misc/ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++ doc/misc/tramp.texi | 44 +++--------------------------------------- doc/misc/trampver.texi | 5 ----- 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 40fa427c4e0..684fe9c468f 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2011-02-13 Michael Albinus + + * tramp.texi (History): Remove IMAP support. + (External methods, Frequently Asked Questions): Remove `imap' and + `imaps' methods. + (Password handling): Remove IMAP entries for ~/.authinfo.gpg. + + * trampver.texi: Remove default value of `emacsimap'. + 2011-02-13 Glenn Morris * ada-mode.texi, dired-x.texi, ebrowse.texi, ediff.texi, eudc.texi: diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi index 6095d83d484..994a8f99676 100644 --- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi +++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi @@ -443,9 +443,6 @@ Support of gateways exists since April 2007. @ifset emacsgvfs GVFS integration started in February 2009. @end ifset -@ifset emacsimap -Storing files into IMAP mailboxes has been added in September 2009. -@end ifset In December 2001, @value{tramp} has been added to the XEmacs package repository. Being part of the GNU Emacs repository happened in June @@ -1012,29 +1009,6 @@ Windows, this method isn't available. Instead, you can use UNC file names like @file{//melancholia/daniel$$/.emacs}. The only disadvantage is that there's no possibility to specify another user name. - - -@ifset emacsimap -@item @option{imap} -@cindex method imap -@cindex method imaps -@cindex imap method -@cindex imaps method - -Accessing an IMAP mailbox is intended to save files there as encrypted -messages. It could be used in case there are no other remote file -storages available. - -@value{tramp} supports both @option{imap} and @option{imaps} methods. -The latter one accesses the IMAP server over ssl. - -Both methods support the port number specification. - -Note that special handling is needed for declaring a passphrase for -encryption / decryption of the messages (@pxref{Using an -authentication file}). - -@end ifset @end table @@ -1625,18 +1599,6 @@ The port can be any @value{tramp} method (@pxref{Inline methods}, @pxref{External methods}), to match only this method. When you omit the port, you match all @value{tramp} methods. -@ifset emacsimap -A special case are @option{imap}-like methods. Authentication with -the IMAP server is performed via @file{imap.el}, there is no special -need from @value{tramp} point of view. An additional passphrase, used -for symmetric encryption and decryption of the stored messages, should -be given with the special port indication @option{tramp-imap}: - -@example -machine melancholia port tramp-imap login daniel password ultrageheim -@end example -@end ifset - @anchor{Caching passwords} @subsection Caching passwords @@ -2782,9 +2744,9 @@ The package has been used successfully on GNU Emacs 22, GNU Emacs 23, XEmacs 21 (starting with 21.4), and SXEmacs 22. The package was intended to work on Unix, and it really expects a -Unix-like system on the remote end (except the @option{smb} and -@option{imap} methods), but some people seemed to have some success -getting it to work on MS Windows XP/Vista/7 @value{emacsname}. +Unix-like system on the remote end (except the @option{smb} method), +but some people seemed to have some success getting it to work on MS +Windows XP/Vista/7 @value{emacsname}. @item diff --git a/doc/misc/trampver.texi b/doc/misc/trampver.texi index c3e767bd228..2968642bcc2 100644 --- a/doc/misc/trampver.texi +++ b/doc/misc/trampver.texi @@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ @set emacsgw @end ifclear -@c Whether or not describe IMAP support. -@ifclear noemacsimap -@set emacsimap -@end ifclear - @c Some flags which make the text independent on the (X)Emacs flavor. @c "emacs" resp "xemacs" are set in the Makefile. Default is "emacs". @ifclear emacs -- 2.39.5