From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: reading mail with emacs Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:14:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87k36deik0.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407863742 7489 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2014 17:15:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "visaris tds.net" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 19:15:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XHFfc-0008GZ-3m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:15:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43321 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHFfb-0001xJ-Hv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37438) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHFfE-0001tg-8M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:15:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHFf9-0000LM-5N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:15:12 -0400 Original-Received: from avasout02.plus.net ([212.159.14.17]:45582) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHFf8-0000C2-Vw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:15:07 -0400 Original-Received: from london ([146.90.176.199]) by avasout02 with smtp id dtF11o00E4JWHeS01tF3Fm; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:15:03 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=bNmYIZOZ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=rpoAA+9du+cImLxUAzkRQA==:117 a=rpoAA+9du+cImLxUAzkRQA==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=EGPZCNv1iLEA:10 a=EeMtQjwKipcA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=5Bwo4ec7AAAA:8 a=nN7BH9HXAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=xtERp6CFAAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=UWYNLaUOSfI3SmZt3fsA:9 a=Gvvf_1-nAPnwStPq:21 a=UxlqM8Dfdkcu-WG1:21 a=I77azVGnNwAA:10 a=ysOedpSL54oA:10 a=muIvw5a9-cgA:10 a=Sw2ppVVimdzsNGrWd5sA:9 X-AUTH: skimble:2500 In-Reply-To: (visaris tds net's message of "Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:29:49 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 212.159.14.17 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99180 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "visaris tds.net" writes: > Whereas I have been reading mail with emacs for decades, I did a new inst= all > (I'm a gentoo user) and now what once automagically worked nolonger does.= .. > Emacs seems to function -- exept for mail. > > Although I have fethcmail and exim running, and although mail does > arive in /var/spool/exim/input, the format is that each message is split > into > a header file and then the body of the message. > > M-x rmail does not get mail from /var/spool/exim/input. > > I have spent much time chasing cryptic pointers reading unintelligable > documents making vague references to "movemail" but it is beyond me. > I have contemplated perusing the RMAIL file and comparing it with > contents of /var/spool/exim/input so as to increase the chance that I can > make some lucky guesses and write a c program to bridge the gap from > /var/spool/exim/input to RMAIL. Surely emacs has not deteriated to the > point that this would be necessary. I find it difficult to believe there > is not > some simple way to proceed. > > Sorry to be so ingorant of what must be the obvious simple solution. I use gnus and part of my 'gnus.el' is - =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas") ;; (pop :server "mail.talktalk.net" :user "boudiccas@talktalk.n= et" :password "cherrypie") =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- That gets my mail from the root message spool, but it could help in your situation. Sharon. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =3D https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.92.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJT6kuQAAoJEDaBgBkK+INbqX8P/jrH6ei1yw5M5Jghsp5Ypbfy zfTvphuYuXjDbRbFYMKZOKE5uhWo+ahNWwVzw92zTkWOKDYwQb9Nv062mcIk+ckQ qR98bvlRpfgk4LIq4s7rlFCS1tT2/rR3j2POMU7LL/RjA/ORRpSA/a83aZvv/oBS yozd7gRyxFjmCNtjj9R8eJV5H0D+4I21NhChJqa8Bp5auChVFQtSlaAEEwcO8Zz+ Xc7JJJgX8vu4CLkzMLhDJKgUnhHVRWBBYsS0UBvCiwIrHKYdfVvVEkxDxymIUgvz kKWjnvckK6hx0KiFy4/RzsS04uPz2UP/rxDkyUjckghZfiTPzXuW4B8NMy2EvVEM Jlze8Nu/dVGs8HJUiqF5/zB3vD8+SkFZLc/PiXXQ5KffGS35YPyHyS3xq5Hq2/sz nNY6grcan0q02iIojwpoS4c089eTwN2nNpb74e4jfiPTUHHGl5FDo8O5R5FyX1IV VrU384l0fdlDaQgXusHddfpaftzjsiBWBkuQl5vd3kPyaa/BrqUVXghiKSXGAISy pQO/jA7QK5Bh8MfU+4g95iMZ+6VqeGAdNQuA+4OS2oC3+k+UpEOAdFd7xj7kfM2R Uf7XkS1MRwEG6cRzI1KWYEiMipcS2ipBVJypJrliW62ZsDEbx7Be8n+yLHD4QMUh CKpKAZWnFpe6qG0ofQGT =FWTy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--