Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:41:32 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs gnus in 8.1 not reading email Message-ID: <87r5ijtxhf.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> In-Reply-To: <864ofgdwf8.fsf@gmail.com> (Anonymous's message of "Sat\, 31 Jul 2010 09\:58\:51 %2B0400") References: <874ofgvodz.fsf@cjlinux.localnet> <864ofgdwf8.fsf@gmail.com>
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Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> writes: > Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> 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? I just tried it, but there was no difference. I use nnml for the backend, but that is the same for my other test and normal systems. Thanks for the suggestion anyways. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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