From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Something smelly here. [.emacs-custom file] Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 05:37:38 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <4087E2E5.3090902@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082719481 3824 80.91.224.253 (23 Apr 2004 11:24:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:24:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 23 13:24:34 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BGynK-0003W2-00 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:24:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BGybX-0003xm-RQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:12:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BGyZj-0003hu-6x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:10:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BGyYe-0003Oa-1d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:09:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BGyXN-00031H-Ub for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:08:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BGy3x-00026Y-00 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:37:42 +0200 Original-Received: from adsl-68-74-76-70.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net ([68.74.76.70]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:37:41 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by adsl-68-74-76-70.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:37:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 48 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-68-74-76-70.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gDq5hypZoEgKkZOWsYpn1+C1OsM= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17907 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17907 Kevin Rodgers writes: > reader@newsguy.com wrote: > > In this case I've gotten something to do with mail tangled up with > > .emacs-custom file. It keeps trying to write part of a mail message > > to the custom file. Whenever I close gnus or send a news post > > something like this gets written to .emacs-custom: > > (custom-set-variables > > ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it! > > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > > '(canlock-password "3931d41841769fd6053e719084096803d2381412")) > > (custom-set-faces > > ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it! > > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > > ) > > From: reader@newsguy.com > > X-Draft-From: ("rec.woodworking" "") > > > > The first part looks sort of normal although I have no idea what a > > `canlock-password' is all about, but the partial mail header is just > > wrong. > > > > Once this happens and I close emacs.... on next start of emacs, the > > init process finds that cruft and errors out. > > > > My init files are setup as close as I could get them to my old unix > > setup. But I haven't used the customize stuff at all yet. So > > technically it seems nothing should be in ~/.emacs-custom. > > Googling for "canlock gnus emacs" yields > http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-users-ru/200305/msg00000.html > > ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News. > > This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is > used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for cancelling and > superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time > you post a message, and saves it in your ~/.emacs using the Custom > system. While the variable is called `canlock-password', it is not > security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web > will not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do. > The behaviour can be changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'. > > Apropos is your friend, Not really. Finding out what it is and that it can be turned off is good of course, but why is it getting written to .emacs-custom in a way that breaks init?