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rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file

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Message #3 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:16:12 -0400

Severity: serious

Let `foo' be a Babyl format mail file:

emacs -Q
C-u M-x rmail RET foo RET

works fine. The individual messages are processed correctly.

emacs -Q
M-x rmail RET
C-u g foo RET

does not work correctly. Emacs says "No mail".

If the RMAIL buffer was empty originally, the raw Babyl file is dumped
into the buffer.

If there was mail originally, there is no apparent change in the RMAIL
buffer, but the Babyl file is invisibly appended to the end of the file.


At the least, Emacs should refuse to get new mail from a Babyl file if
it cannot handle it. Preferably, it should be able to handle it.

(This is unrelated to the latest Rmail changes.)

Message #8 received at 2942 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 2942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2942: rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:13:33 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:16:12 -0400
> Cc: 
> 
> emacs -Q
> M-x rmail RET
> C-u g foo RET
> 
> does not work correctly. Emacs says "No mail".
> 
> If the RMAIL buffer was empty originally, the raw Babyl file is dumped
> into the buffer.

Where did the Babyl file come in the first place?

Message #11 received at 2942 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2942: rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:23:45 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Where did the Babyl file come in the first place?

From Emacs 22.3. (I'm not sure what you're getting at.)

Emacs 22.3 `C-u g' will happily take either a Babyl or mbox file as
input, converting it to the appropriate format. I don't see why this
should be different now.

Message #16 received at 2942 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2942: rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:56:08 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 2942 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:23:45 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Where did the Babyl file come in the first place?
> 
> From Emacs 22.3. (I'm not sure what you're getting at.)

I was confused: I didn't notice the C-u, and thought you were getting
new mail from the system mailbox (which shouldn't be a Babyl file).

> Emacs 22.3 `C-u g' will happily take either a Babyl or mbox file as
> input, converting it to the appropriate format. I don't see why this
> should be different now.

Yes, I agree.

Message #21 received at 2942-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2942: rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:47:44 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 2942 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:23:45 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Where did the Babyl file come in the first place?
> 
> From Emacs 22.3. (I'm not sure what you're getting at.)
> 
> Emacs 22.3 `C-u g' will happily take either a Babyl or mbox file as
> input, converting it to the appropriate format. I don't see why this
> should be different now.

I think I fixed it.  Please try the latest CVS.

(There's an unrelated -- or so I think -- bug in unrmail, whereby some
messages are badly converted from Babyl -- e.g., they get two
X-RMAIL-ATTRIBUTES headers.  But that happens even if you type 
"C-u M-x rmail RET foo RET".  I'm working on this.)

Message #24 received at 2942 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2942: rmail unable to get new mail from a Babyl file
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:57:17 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote (on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 at 13:47 +0300):

> I think I fixed it.  Please try the latest CVS.

Works for me. Thanks.

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