From d5fd8521dbab0f15149b407b1a6a67f06f6b2c13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Francesco=20Potort=C3=AC?= Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:06:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that SSL support needs external libraries. --- man/gnus.texi | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/gnus.texi b/man/gnus.texi index 727d52c41ce..29c5dff0b12 100644 --- a/man/gnus.texi +++ b/man/gnus.texi @@ -11353,6 +11353,9 @@ some reason or other, Gnus let you treat it similar to a POP server and fetches articles from a given @sc{imap} mailbox. @xref{IMAP}, for more information. +Note that for SSL support you may need external programs and libraries, +@xref{IMAP}. + Keywords: @table @code @@ -13768,7 +13771,8 @@ manipulate mails stored on the @sc{imap} server. This is the kind of usage explained in this section. A server configuration in @code{~/.gnus} with a few @sc{imap} servers -might look something like this: +might look something like the following. (Note that for SSL, you need +external programs and libraries, see below.) @lisp (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods @@ -13866,7 +13870,8 @@ SSL)@. Requires the library @file{starttls.el} and program @command{starttls}. @item @dfn{ssl:} Connect through SSL@. Requires OpenSSL (the -program @command{openssl}) or SSLeay (@command{s_client}). +program @command{openssl}) or SSLeay (@command{s_client}) as well as the +external library @samp{ssl.el}. @item @dfn{shell:} Use a shell command to start an @sc{imap} connection. @item @@ -13886,7 +13891,8 @@ and nnimap supports it too. However, the most recent versions of SSLeay, 0.9.x, are known to have serious bugs making it useless. Earlier versions, especially 0.8.x, of SSLeay are known to work. The variable @code{imap-ssl-program} contains parameters to pass -to OpenSSL/SSLeay. +to OpenSSL/SSLeay. You also need @samp{ssl.el} (from the W3 +distribution, for instance). @vindex imap-shell-program @vindex imap-shell-host -- 2.39.5