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: bug#2164: 23.0.90; Failing to get new mail in rmail Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:59 -0500 Message-ID: References: <3591-Mon02Feb2009155654+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk> Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 2164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233631432 9980 80.91.229.12 (3 Feb 2009 03:23:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 03:23:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: jpff Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 03 04:25:05 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 1LUBuI-0000R5-3H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:25:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36387 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUBsz-0003wj-2w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUBst-0003uQ-B8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:23:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUBsr-0003tR-Uu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:23:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59945 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUBsr-0003tO-Q2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:23:33 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:54322) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUBsr-0000DW-Cl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:23:33 -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 n133NVvq026102; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:23:31 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n133F3lJ023813; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:15:03 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs , Rmail Maintainers Resent-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:15:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2164 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,rmail X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2164-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2164.123363035322470 (code B ref 2164); Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:15:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2164) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Feb 2009 03:05:53 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1335kVK022464 for <2164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:05:47 -0800 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LUBZv-000818-Ri; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:59 -0500 X-Spook: halcon Vince Foster Crypto AG Saddam Hussein Croatian X-Ran: ZyVa1a"P>2y^tX*#w[?=]H3+4j?\T{lB{4 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:24871 Archived-At: 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"). :(