GNU bug report logs - #19068
Mail file vars aren't derived from customized message-directory

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: "Kelly Dean" <kelly <at> prtime.org>

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:24:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Kelly Dean" <kelly <at> prtime.org>
Cc: 19068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19068: Mail file vars aren't derived from customized message-directory
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:27:09 +1100

"Kelly Dean" <kelly <at> prtime.org> writes:

> Delete your ~/Mail directory (uppercase ⌜M⌝).
> Make a ~/mail directory (lowercase ⌜m⌝).
>
> Put in your init file just:
> (require 'message)
> (setq message-directory "~/mail/")

That's the wrong way to set variables that have other variables that
depend on them.

Instead say

(setq message-directory "~/mail/")
(require 'message)

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