From jpff@codemist.co.uk Mon Feb 2 07:57:09 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Feb 2009 15:57:09 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n12Fv5qT015965 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:57:07 -0800 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:37154 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LU18o-0006SE-SJ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:55:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LU1AV-0008JG-FH for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:57:04 -0500 Received: from smarthost01.mail.zen.net.uk ([212.23.3.140]:49637) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LU1AV-0008J6-1P for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:57:03 -0500 Received: from [217.155.197.248] (helo=codemist.co.uk) by smarthost01.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LU1AT-0006Gd-9H for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:57:01 +0000 Received: from cardew.codemist.co.uk ([172.16.4.17]) by codemist.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LU1AS-0002Xs-Vp; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:57:01 +0000 Received: from jpff by cardew.codemist.co.uk with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LU1AN-0003wr-EG; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:56:55 +0000 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:56:54 +0000 Message-Id: <3591-Mon02Feb2009155654+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk> X-Mailer: emacs 23.0.90.1 (via feedmail 8 I) From: jpff To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Subject: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail X-Originating-Smarthost01-IP: [217.155.197.248] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) I have just managed to work round all the problems to get my RMAIL file in mbox format. But now I cannot read new mail (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list '("/var/spool/mail/jpff" "/home/jpff/mbox" "/mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox")) cardew:/tmp> ls -l "/var/spool/mail/jpff" "/home/jpff/mbox" "/mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox" ls: cannot access /home/jpff/mbox: No such file or directory -rw------- 1 jpff mail 1645024 2009-02-02 15:39 /mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox -rw------- 1 jpff users 0 2009-02-02 15:46 /var/spool/mail/jpff And it says (No new mail has arrived) 0 new messages read But there are 219 messages in /mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox which is my main mailbox The same happens with -q at startup ==John ff (sorry to report so many problems -- this conversion is causing real problems) In GNU Emacs 23.0.90.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2009-02-02 on cardew Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000 Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: auto-image-file-mode: t show-paren-mode: t display-time-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC n n C-g C-g r n g n g g SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC g SPC q C-x C-f C-g C-g C-h a r m a i l - f g e t C-x b * M C-x C-f C-g C-x C-f C-g M-x r e p o r Recent messages: (No new mail has arrived) 0 new messages read Back to top level. Quit [2 times] goto-history-element: End of history; no default available Type C-x 1 to remove help window. Type C-x 4 C-o RET to restore the other window, C-M-v to scroll help. Quit [2 times] Making completion list... ==John ffitch From rgm@gnu.org Mon Feb 2 14:35:38 2009 Received: (at control) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Feb 2009 22:35:38 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n12MZZd6019610 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:35:37 -0800 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LU7MT-0001JT-4j; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:33:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18823.29901.97069.704406@fencepost.gnu.org> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:33:49 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: control Subject: control message X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes merge 2168 2172 reassign 2128 emacs,w32 reassign 2171 spam reassign 2170 spam reassign 2167 emacs,org-mode reassign 2166 spam reassign 2165 emacs,rmail reassign 2164 emacs,rmail reassign 2162 emacs,emacs-www reassign 2158 emacs,rmail merge 2158 2156 From rgm@gnu.org Mon Feb 2 19:05:53 2009 Received: (at 2164) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Feb 2009 03:05:53 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER, X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1335kVK022464 for <2164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:05:47 -0800 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LUBZv-000818-Ri; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:59 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: jpff Cc: 2164@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail References: <3591-Mon02Feb2009155654+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk> X-Spook: halcon Vince Foster Crypto AG Saddam Hussein Croatian X-Ran: ZyVa1a"P>2y^tX*#w[?=]H3+4j?\T{lB{4 User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii jpff wrote: > (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list > '("/var/spool/mail/jpff" "/home/jpff/mbox" "/mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox")) [...] > (No new mail has arrived) > 0 new messages read > > But there are 219 messages in /mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox which is my > main mailbox There's a loop missing from rmail-get-new-mail. If you have two or more inboxes with the same basename, rmail will silently stop processing your inbox list when it encounters the first name clash. Whee. A temporary workaround is to rename your inboxes to have distinct basenames (eg "/home/jpff/mbox2", "/mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox"). :( From rgm@gnu.org Mon Feb 2 20:09:31 2009 Received: (at 2164-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Feb 2009 04:09:31 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER, X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1349Ss1005086 for <2164-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:09:30 -0800 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LUCZZ-0001H9-Nk; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:07:41 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: 2164-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail References: <3591-Mon02Feb2009155654+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk> X-Spook: Attorney General e-bomb SEAL Team 6 unclassified DES CDMA X-Ran: ]7j^&/[ryO-o7DjCy_$][P}ps?1"?g|Sd\Pq)De!UZN0#x$w_Qp=e!v'A4>^;A%(nr|Xp/ X-Hue: red X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:07:41 -0500 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hopefully fixed now. 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