GNU bug report logs - #34252
27.0.50; rmail-get-new-mail fails

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 34252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: john <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 34252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34252: 27.0.50; rmail-get-new-mail fails
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:32:12 +0200

> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:29:29 +0000 (GMT)
> From: john <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
> cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 34252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Just changing lin 2075 it does not crash but after quite a time it says
> 
> Getting mail from /mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox...
> movemail: No locks available for /mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox
> (No new mail has arrived)
> 0 new messages read
> You can run the command ‘rmail-get-new-mail’ with g
> 0 new messages read
> 
> and no mail is read
> 
> If I understand the message the problem relates to fie locking somewhee.

Maybe so, but that's an entirely different problem, I think.
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