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28.2; rmail_ Invalid mbox file

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From: జిందం వాఐి <jindam.vani <at> disroot.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66293: 28.2; rmail_ Invalid mbox file
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:40:10 +0530

On 2023-10-01 19:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2023 17:39:24 +0530
>> From:  జిందం వాఐి via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>> 
>> * os: android 9
>> * debian 12 on proot-distro [ 1 ]
>> * apt show emacs-lucid_ Version: 1:28.2+1-15
>> * apt show mailutils_ Version: 1:3.15-4
>> * didnt install anything extra or configured
>> * first, i asked on help-emacs-gnu [ 2 ]
>> 
>> * steps
>>    * open emacs
>>    * tools -> read mail
>> 
>> * error
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Invalid mbox file")
>>    error("Invalid mbox file")
>>    rmail-convert-file-maybe()
>>    rmail()
>>    funcall-interactively(rmail)
>>    command-execute(rmail record)
>>    execute-extended-command(nil "rmail" "rmail")
>>    funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "rmail" "rmail")
>>    command-execute(execute-extended-command)
>> 
>> * added attachment_ rmail
> 
> With the attached mbox file I cannot reproduce the problem.  I did:
> 
>   emacs -Q
>   C-u M-x rmail RET RMAIN RET

above command, no mail
* however, C-u M-x rmail RET RMAIL RET
displays email

> and was presented with the last email message in the mbox file, with
> no errors.
> 
> So I wonder what went wrong in your case.  Maybe the problem is in the
> version of movemail you are using?  Can you try repeating the steps I
> did above, instead of going through Tools->Read mail ?

it seems i need to use commands...

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regards,
జిందం వాఐి [ jindam, vani ]
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