From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jpff Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:56:54 +0000 Message-ID: <3591-Mon02Feb2009155654+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk> Reply-To: jpff , 2164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233593583 20417 80.91.229.12 (2 Feb 2009 16:53:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:53:03 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 02 17:54:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LU23p-0003BE-Cx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:54:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40460 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LU22W-0003ER-RT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LU1aG-0003go-Qg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LU1aB-0003eK-FA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39990 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LU1aA-0003dp-RO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:39204) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LU1aA-0002kp-6i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n12GNVtj022880; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:23:31 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n12G57CP018243; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:05:07 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: jpff Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:05:07 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 2164 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.123359022915972 (code B ref -1); Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:05:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Feb 2009 15:57:09 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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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