From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 5 04:30:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B350B106566C for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 04:30:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor1.peak.org (redcondor1.peak.org [69.59.192.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860B58FC0C for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 04:30:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from peak-mail-gateway.peak.org ([69.59.192.42]) by redcondor1.peak.org ({e03e86cd-14ae-47ce-9578-3c080ce9c462}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20100805043034802 for ; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:30:34 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from cjlinux.localnet (207.55.91.197.peak.org [207.55.91.197] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by peak-mail-gateway.peak.org (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id o754UWw7090379 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:30:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carlj by cjlinux.localnet with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ogs6C-0004rH-6z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:30:32 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <874ofgvodz.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> From: Carl Johnson Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:30:32 -0700 In-Reply-To: <874ofgvodz.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> (Carl Johnson's message of "Fri\, 30 Jul 2010 11\:02\:48 -0700") Message-ID: <87mxt1el5j.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Emacs gnus in 8.1 not reading email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:30:35 -0000 Carl Johnson writes: > 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. > > 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. > > Does anybody have any suggestions on what is different? I have been > using gnus for many years and I don't really want to change to another > mail program. Thanks for any ideas. I finally stumbled upon the problem, and it was not with FreeBSD (or emacs). I discovered that gnus won't check any mail when gnus-agent is in the unplugged state, even though I just use a local mailbox. I must have clicked on the menu item without noticing or know what it was. In my defense, the previous version of emacs that I had been using didn't have or didn't use agent mode, so I had never encountered it. Sorry of misleading anybody and thanks for the responses. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org