From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: gnus error (Selecting deleted buffer) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:29:31 +0100 Message-ID: <87myf58zno.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228815032 17717 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2008 09:30:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:30:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 10:31:38 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L9ywB-0005Ul-1f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:31:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49703 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L9yuz-0007sQ-SZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:30:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L9yuc-0007s8-1x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:29:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L9yua-0007rs-JR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:29:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55930 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L9yua-0007rp-Du for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:29:48 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:56992 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L9yuZ-0004OD-RD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:29:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L9yuS-0006jS-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:29:40 +0000 Original-Received: from dhcp171.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.71.171]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:29:40 +0000 Original-Received: from tassilo by dhcp171.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:29:40 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp171.uni-koblenz.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aim+iTNJfQnGOA3ZI1DWpSS2l8I= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60492 Archived-At: Roger Mason writes: Hi Roger, > I'm trying to get e-mail from my university server using gnus/imap. I > have this entry in my .gnus file: > > (setq mail-sources '( > ;(file :path "/var/spool/mail/ted") > (imap :server "xx.yy.zz" > :user "ted" > ) > )) ;where to get mail You might consider using nnimap instead of degrading IMAP as if it was POP. See (info "(gnus)IMAP"). > Mail source (imap :server mail.mun.ca :user ted) error (Selecting > deleted buffer). Continue? (yes or no) Hm, your mail-sources look correct. So please do `M-x toggle-debug-on-error' before starting Gnus and post the backtrace. Bye, Tassilo