getting my gmail in emacs

I wish to use emacs as my email client. Currently, I have a gmail account and I found this link which supposedly will get your gmail into emacs via gnus:

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusGmail#toc1

I created the files .gnus and .authinfo in the /usr/share/emacs24.3/etc/gnus/ directory. Then I copied and pasted the information from the website into those files and changed the email and password fields according to the instructions.

Then I ran M-x gnus without success... It freezes with an ascii art picture of the gnu goat. If I try to quit with C-g I get the following message:

nntp (news) open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)

This does not help either...

What else can I do to get gmail to work through emacs?
All suggestions are welcome, I do not really know what else to do...

Thank you for your help!

CodeKingPlusPlus

Posted 2013-12-20T07:39:56.140

Reputation: 261

Answers

The .gnus and .authinfo files need to be in your home directory.

Carson Chittom

Posted 2013-12-20T07:39:56.140

Reputation: 51

As soon as I moved both of those files, it worked (thanks!). However, I changed the email address and now it will not work even if I change it back to the original address... – CodeKingPlusPlus – 2013-12-22T18:59:44.227

That does not make any sense to me... All I did was change the contents of the .gnus and .authoinfo files... – CodeKingPlusPlus – 2013-12-22T21:48:20.027

The following link fixed me additional problems:

http://www.mostlymaths.net/2010/12/emacs-30-day-challenge-using-gnus-to.html

CodeKingPlusPlus

Posted 2013-12-20T07:39:56.140

Reputation: 261