From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 31 05:59:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA0A106567A for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:59:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swell.k@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E42C8FC14 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so1281177bwz.13 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:references :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=sJzAe8qlFm1HJ5dCUNMvkmsoMOSD8fkRN8w0C9LB0OU=; b=FdtRBnp9xZnTbRpONdsVrJd65gHQ4wGwl7MebCD4kknGp1bfHlhCUC/+Zc2xpGPG5r /YCxoY1QkenfKCSDQmWSuZTVv6ruMXhL9uli6OG8Fxx/7zPzhfEMhjpf9huVND+rW6Lw A2/MG/MTtKFpapHBI88NMB7IohHAn00Ng1eyE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=s6L27IppJrkCGJdOP4Jtda+bG3mahULe73vjwaJd+0+gwHc7n5hLy4rN7xeKE1Qc15 tw5o4efxcOgE+QGm9afXPNez4tBoxq4kLXGyS9PYIoztIbf5RHC1SqfR0fowkAzC1cp6 +BjduHQeHao4LT2c3c4PnVJPOxzDZJmxOUBTs= Received: by 10.204.127.71 with SMTP id f7mr1855957bks.139.1280555936807; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([78.142.140.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a11sm2129878bkc.0.2010.07.30.22.58.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Anonymous To: Carl Johnson References: <874ofgvodz.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:58:51 +0400 In-Reply-To: <874ofgvodz.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> (Carl Johnson's message of "Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:02:48 -0700") Message-ID: <864ofgdwf8.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs gnus in 8.1 not reading email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:59:00 -0000 Carl Johnson writes: > I am experimenting with 8.1 in VirtualBox, but I discovered that I > can't get gnus to work. I just brought over my configuration from a > working 7.3 system, but on 8.1 it won't read the mail from the > system. Gnus will start up, but it just reports that there is no > mail. It did work one time with a couple of test messages, but I have > never gotten it to repeat since then. > > I tried sending a couple of messages and they show up in my system > mailbox. I also tried reading my system mail with the command line > mail program and emacs rmail to verify that the system is handling > mail properly. I also tried using a blank .gnus file and there was no > change. I verified with my 7.3 system that gnus will at least read > mail with a blank .gnus file. Try without ~/.newsrc.eld. BTW, what backend do you use for reading mail? nnmaildir? > > Does anybody have any suggestions on what is different? I have been > using gnus for many years and I don't really want to change to another > mail program. Thanks for any ideas.