Hi, some change in the Gnus IMAP code between GNU Emacs 24.3.1 and Ma Gnus v0.14 (from git, updated on 2015-05-13) broke my setup. [ Ma Gnus v0.14 GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) of 2014-03-07 on toyol, modified by Debian ] I add my IMAP providers as follows: (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnimap "selname" (nnimap-address "imap.my.example.com") (nnimap-directory "~/Mail/var/nnimap/selname") (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream tls))) In Gnus bundled with GNU Emacs 24.3.1, I can enter/request e.g. my INBOX nnimap+selname:INBOX fine. In current Gnus, I get: | Opening connection to selname via tls... | open-network-stream: selname/993 Name or service not known On edebugging `nnimap-open-server', I found that the argument `defs' (which should contain `nnimap-address', IIUC), is nil. (deffoo nnimap-open-server (server &optional defs no-reconnect) (if (nnimap-server-opened server) t (unless (assq 'nnimap-address defs) (setq defs (append defs (list (list 'nnimap-address server))))) (nnoo-change-server 'nnimap server defs) (if no-reconnect (nnimap-find-connection nntp-server-buffer) (or (nnimap-find-connection nntp-server-buffer) (nnimap-open-connection nntp-server-buffer))))) I didn't work with Emacs/Gnus code for some years, so I wasn't able to figure out, what went wrong. Attached are the debug logs after ... - (require 'nnimap) - on nnimap-open-server, do C-c C-M-x - M-x gnus RET - j nnimap+selname:INBOX RET - M-g - in the debug session, inspect `defs': e defs RET - eval debug: e (debug) (a) rs-imap-open-defs-ok.log --> Gnus bundled with GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (b) rs-imap-open-defs-failed.log --> Ma Gnus v0.14, 2015-05-13 Bye, Reiner.