Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:42:16 +0530 From: ashish@FreeBSD.org (Ashish SHUKLA) To: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs gnus in 8.1 not reading email Message-ID: <86bp9cq5pr.fsf@chateau.d.if> In-Reply-To: <87r5ijtxhf.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> (Carl Johnson's message of "Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:41:32 -0700") References: <874ofgvodz.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> <864ofgdwf8.fsf@gmail.com> <87r5ijtxhf.fsf@cjlinux.localnet>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Carl Johnson writes: > Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> writes: >> Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> writes: >>=20 >>> I am experimenting with 8.1 in VirtualBox, but I discovered that I >>> can't get gnus to work. I just brought over my configuration from a >>> working 7.3 system, but on 8.1 it won't read the mail from the >>> system. Gnus will start up, but it just reports that there is no >>> mail. It did work one time with a couple of test messages, but I have >>> never gotten it to repeat since then. >>>=20 >>> I tried sending a couple of messages and they show up in my system >>> mailbox. I also tried reading my system mail with the command line >>> mail program and emacs rmail to verify that the system is handling >>> mail properly. I also tried using a blank .gnus file and there was no >>> change. I verified with my 7.3 system that gnus will at least read >>> mail with a blank .gnus file. >>=20 >> Try without ~/.newsrc.eld. BTW, what backend do you use for reading mail? >> nnmaildir? > I just tried it, but there was no difference. I use nnml for the > backend, but that is the same for my other test and normal systems. > Thanks for the suggestion anyways. So, Gnus is not able to read from mail spool, i.e. /var/mail/$USER, right ? Can you post your .gnus ? HTH =2D-=20 Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682 CDCC 39DC 0FEA E116 20B6 C746 CFA9 E74F A4B0 freebsd.org!ashish | http://people.freebsd.org/~ashish/ =E2=80=9CHeavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.=E2=80=9D (Lord Ke= lvin, 1895) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJMXwGRAAoJEMdGz6nnT6SwS34QAJSGPPYiVw0SAaKnXAaOAwU6 3vOc3Owe0hCadp+WpJ23jNWafy5V56mBdKkXeU5KUQBHwF2J2F1VSOoOfsk5xaJ0 ZkrJ8G69CGmvrcBBrfHQhjvGDiSzP3RLeMnZM0jhfEiu5RvyuCpO1AGrHoho7uYj BEzv1FJljP016dCP32Lu8x9UisrdMcb9987T2SVFvzBCpJmR5cFi+dgzcovHf8bQ Phbh61LFr65yx1Ttq4yLwJRAeywKUVOj6Czd7we5oszlMQtduiemG4qrvOP0IkqS FAb1QptSZ6dmAgb45Hzg7XEYy10wjdkgklLUazR0mjhrEZJhxLTvkMbO+34Ocnal 8Bo5RfEBZwcN9QHj9Z35LHhaucxv6T15bH6wDPaVYi+Jx914u/fV0BO2SdDgX8g4 ktUouzQUF2ul7Hb0nNCHpZ6kKem/6nUItKITFdbLgIO612+H/R266IpaY73ZKmt3 wa92prfvoJhqpagu63Zvy0wQM6X5a2tAvX3YSZ+YCGMxI2cbwhkG7M1XG5Sn2JZ/ sxuFehG9DaMUSeTlCBdzfK4AMPRUbpVJ0z5dqhzRSloI5gvV7rSx1KhXQNrLHeAv tYp3o4tgAu+QBWbVlcXpz3pe7stBvOqc918ZvwBdIB3kCmzG/codLnOz/DirWhdg D+jqOguUux+upCMkj8ad =ODXW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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