Hi, Ever since the following commit: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Author: Miles Bader 2008-04-25 23:29:41 Committer: Miles Bader 2008-04-25 23:29:41 Parent: 35bd017c4df7e8cc77c426163b164795b01390c8 (*** empty log message ***) Child: 96631e197b8c54cbf8c3ea0fc71f50b2795b9c0d (Merge from emacs--rel--22) Branches: debian, master, remotes/origin/master, remotes/origin/origin Follows: merge-multi-tty-to-trunk Precedes: Merge from gnus--devo--0 Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-1128 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I can't run gnus with the following setting: (setq mail-sources '((directory :path "~/var/spool/mail" :suffix ".spool"))) I get the failure about "void-variable user". I think this is related to the change: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- +2008-04-25 Teodor Zlatanov + + * mail-source.el: Load auth-source.el. + (mail-source-bind): Add comments. Call auth-source-user-or-password to + get user name or password, if auth-sources is set up. + --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- For the directory mail source, user name and password do not make sense. Reverting emacs to just before that commit allowed things to proceed, and for me to send in this bug report. manoj