From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk>
Cc: 2164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tweiyg9q74.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3591-Mon02Feb2009155654+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk
jpff wrote:
> (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list
> '("/var/spool/mail/jpff" "/home/jpff/mbox" "/mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox"))
[...]
> (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
There's a loop missing from rmail-get-new-mail. If you have two or
more inboxes with the same basename, rmail will silently stop
processing your inbox list when it encounters the first name clash.
Whee.
A temporary workaround is to rename your inboxes to have distinct
basenames (eg "/home/jpff/mbox2", "/mnt/snout/home/jpff/mbox").
:(
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2009-02-02 15:56 ` bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail jpff
2009-02-03 3:03 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2009-02-03 4:15 ` bug#2164: marked as done (23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail) Emacs bug Tracking System
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