From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: rmail pop error [was Re: undigestify is fooled by messages containing lines of dashes] Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <2k63wxap4s.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <437ihaszib.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202861447 14157 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2008 00:10:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:10:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tim Hesterberg Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 13 01:11:10 2008 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 1JP5DS-0004Xm-KN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:11:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JP5Cz-0006mx-0K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JP5Cu-0006m0-2l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JP5Cs-0006l2-BD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JP5Cs-0006kw-4l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JP5Cr-0002aN-Sf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:33 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JP5Cr-0006w6-5b; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:10:33 -0500 X-Spook: target COSCO USCODE Honduras advisors Fedayeen Bosnia X-Ran: FlW|O$c(!"o/T*Z:['z*0LAIIr9j.'*hGwqm/tmqiQgo2\8"5"z**Y>/1,{mrJoiD-[I6] X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Tim Hesterberg's message of "Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:40:33 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:17531 Archived-At: Tim Hesterberg wrote: > I start emacs using -no-init-file, then run > (prog1 > (setenv "MAILHOST" "sewinexch00.insightful.com") ; 7/10/06 > (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list '("po:timh") > rmail-pop-password-required t) > ) > before M-x rmail > On both systems it asks for my POP Password, and on 22.1.1 proceeds > to read the mail from the server into my RMAIL file. On 22.1.90 > I get a message > Wrong type argument: stringp, nil > > The *Messages* buffer contains: > Loading rmail...done > Counting messages...done > Getting mail from the remote server ... > apply: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Please do M-x toggle-debug-on-error, provoke the error again, and post the backtrace. What are the values of rmail-movemail-program and rmail-movemail-variant-in-use after you get the error? What does (rmail-autodetect) return? Is there a `movemail' executable in exec-directory or exec-path, and do you have permission to run it? What does `movemail --version' output?