* Downloaded emails disappear without being listed in group buffer [not found] <43787520.1157846.1614013791240.ref@mail.yahoo.com> @ 2021-02-22 17:09 ` Joseph Fineman via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-02-22 18:11 ` Eric Abrahamsen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Joseph Fineman via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-02-22 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org I use Emacs 26.1 (build 1) and Gnus 5.13 under Windows 10.0. Over the last week I have somehow gotten my Gnus into a state such that I cannot read incoming email. I am connected to AOL for email, and Eternal September for newsgroups. When I start Gnus, it downloads any email that is waiting for me at AOL, as expected. It gives the usual percentages of completion. Likewise, the emails disappear from the AOL Web site. However, it does not list the items in the *Group* buffer. I cannot find where the downloaded emails are actually stored. The *Group* buffer apparently thinks it is connected to Eternal September instead of AOL; it is so labeled at the bottom. Is there a way to correct this? In particular, is there a way to attach the buffer to the proper source by hand? The content of .authinfo is as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- machine smtp.verizon.net port 465 login joe_f password ***** yes ;machine news.motzarella.org login joe_f force yes password ***** ;machine news.eternal-september.org login joe_f force yes password ***** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that Eternal September is commented out. Thank you for your attention. -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? :|| ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: Downloaded emails disappear without being listed in group buffer 2021-02-22 17:09 ` Downloaded emails disappear without being listed in group buffer Joseph Fineman via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-02-22 18:11 ` Eric Abrahamsen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Eric Abrahamsen @ 2021-02-22 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Joseph Fineman via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Cc: Joseph Fineman Joseph Fineman via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes: > I use Emacs 26.1 (build 1) and Gnus 5.13 under Windows 10.0. Over the > last week I have somehow gotten my Gnus into a state such that I > cannot read incoming email. > > I am connected to AOL for email, and Eternal September for newsgroups. > > When I start Gnus, it downloads any email that is waiting for me at > AOL, as expected. It gives the usual percentages of completion. > Likewise, the emails disappear from the AOL Web site. > > However, it does not list the items in the *Group* buffer. I cannot > find where the downloaded emails are actually stored. The *Group* > buffer apparently thinks it is connected to Eternal September instead > of AOL; it is so labeled at the bottom. > > Is there a way to correct this? In particular, is there a way to > attach the buffer to the proper source by hand? > > The content of .authinfo is as follows: Hi Joe, I think there are a few misconceptions here. Which servers you're connecting to, and reading groups from, is determined by the value of `gnus-select-method' and `gnus-secondary-select-methods' (both defined in your .gnus.el init file), and `gnus-server-alist' (defined by created servers in the *Server* buffer). authinfo only saves log-in information for servers, it doesn't determine which servers you're connected to. Try "^" from the *Group* buffer to get into the *Server* buffer -- that shows what Gnus is actually connecting to. If you're connected to a desired server, but not seeing the groups you're expecting, you might need to enter the server's list ("RET") and explicitly subscribe to those groups. Hope that gets you closer... Eric ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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