From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
To: "visaris tds.net" <visaris@tds.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: reading mail with emacs
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:14:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k36deik0.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+Jy_pB+Y-NN7F+1mViJ+E-iqvrkScdE69X3Vt23ehFoXbVnMw@mail.gmail.com> (visaris tds net's message of "Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:29:49 -0400")
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"visaris tds.net" <visaris@tds.net> writes:
> Whereas I have been reading mail with emacs for decades, I did a new install
> (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 -
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas")
;; (pop :server "mail.talktalk.net" :user "boudiccas@talktalk.net" :password "cherrypie")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
That gets my mail from the root message spool, but it could help in your
situation.
Sharon.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-12 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-12 14:29 reading mail with emacs visaris tds.net
2014-08-12 17:14 ` Sharon Kimble [this message]
2014-08-13 1:18 ` Robert Thorpe
[not found] ` <CA+Jy_pASyaNiFxAoNF-+P0fhpsfmvtty1CzEkCAeCR-d5TYfkg@mail.gmail.com>
2014-08-14 1:14 ` visaris tds.net
2014-08-14 1:26 ` visaris tds.net
[not found] ` <mailman.7089.1407979619.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-14 23:52 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-15 4:09 ` Jorge Araya Navarro
[not found] ` <mailman.7112.1408075888.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-15 19:19 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] <mailman.7024.1407858485.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-12 16:57 ` Emanuel Berg
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