GNU bug report logs - #2164
23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:05:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 2164 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: jpff <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
Cc: 2164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:59 -0500

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").

:(
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