From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "visaris tds.net" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: reading mail with emacs Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:29:49 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407858512 4639 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2014 15:48:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:48:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "visaris tds.net" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 17:48:26 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 1XHEJF-00077P-TG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:48:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42837 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHEJF-0001YU-Hi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:48:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56926) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHD5J-0001m1-Hl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:30:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHD5D-0002Rb-Cv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:29:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-f181.google.com ([209.85.213.181]:57297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHD5D-0002RP-8p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:29:51 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f181.google.com with SMTP id h3so6857483igd.8 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:29:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=6y585b3ZBshILwno8NroeQvVL9v1TvUpAc+IzFGxIMg=; b=GBZV1xZzsCL8mxR7JOnAIpzgJDievhI+AlUBCo8EZRuUVSixF+iQMTNQl7mqlaeGrb ekqhCL24VfQGjdW/QD9yHRTIvz84CFrssyeNXbfQtlEpAo87x7VPmQyrrvQGFxfYSjxU 7FGITeKzwsw9e/HLgCMyqurC+3q3MwqjPNg5uk5Y+D5kmNQCIJuJFLnzH6k0B65jf5Ks +0rfXj8xoiSmSh309uPvYZyteYTEG47G+rzMZ/CS7cec5wMehc4nXL5OJSbHGwmxL5OW PO/5I12KMmVCbwuBV7cqR1ljSrno2cyDAjn1LJH7Y8Wfdf4pS1elH+v1zTYiozFH6eOP OzSg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlvIFp/SDZuCL6EM8GZj+Ca/H6Ng/fdfkhX3RbbZ4pi5p6AnOYq8vkP401yi06u37QY+MNa X-Received: by 10.50.50.229 with SMTP id f5mr39536100igo.42.1407853789824; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.64.117.1 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:29:49 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.213.181 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:48:03 -0400 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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:99176 Archived-At: 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.