nnml problem (5.2.39)

nnml problem (5.2.39)

[Jon Kvebaek]

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I'm having problems reading my mail with the nnml backend (and all the
other backends as well). The message I get is as follows:

Cannot read active file from nnml server.

My mail is located in /var/mail/jon, which is where gnus looks for it. My
~/Mail is completely clean. I have tried several things, including removing
all my newsrc files - but I still get the same message. 

Here's the bits in my .gnus:

(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")))
(setq nnfolder-get-new-mail t)
(setq message-ignored-mail-headers "^Gcc:\\|^Fcc:\\|^Sender:.")
(setq mail-signature t)
(setq mail-yank-ignored-headers ".")
;Split it!
(setq nnmail-split-methods 
      '(("Ding-list" "^To: ding@ifi.uio.no")
        ("Ding-list" "^Cc: ding@ifi.uio.no")
        ("4AD-list" "^To: .*4ad*")
        ("4AD-list" "^Reply-To: .*4ad*") 
        ("Personal" "")))


What am I doing wrong?
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Jon Øyvind Kvebæk                       Telenor Media, Origo      
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Re: nnml problem (5.2.39)

[François Pinard]

Jon Kvebaek <jon@origo.no> writes:

   The message I get is as follows:
   
      Cannot read active file from nnml server.

I also noticed this message, yesterday, trying to initialise Red Gnus 0.8
on a Gnus-virgin system, for a friend wanting to switch to it.  I did not
notice this message when I initialised my own machine, with 5.2.37 I think.

Merely `touch'ing `active' did not solve the problem, and I unsuccessfully
try various patterns of crudely-existing or non-existing-at-all status for
`~/Mail', `~/Mail/active', and `.newsrc.eld'.

However, forcing a first session nevertheless and getting out of Gnus
normally, and everything went fine for me on subsequent sessions.

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Re: nnml problem (5.2.39)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Jon Kvebaek <jon@origo.no> writes:

> I'm having problems reading my mail with the nnml backend (and all the
> other backends as well). The message I get is as follows:
> 
> Cannot read active file from nnml server.

You'll get this message before nnml has received any mails.  When the
first mail arrives, the message will disappear.

> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")))
> (setq nnfolder-get-new-mail t)

nnfolder?  You mean nnml?

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Re: nnml problem (5.2.39)

[Jon Kvebaek]

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François Pinard <pinard@progiciels-bpi.ca> writes:

> Jon Kvebaek <jon@origo.no> writes:
>       Cannot read active file from nnml server.
> However, forcing a first session nevertheless and getting out of Gnus
> normally, and everything went fine for me on subsequent sessions.

I used the movemail (GNU?) that comes with *cough* Netscape - after setting
the absolute path, making sure it was setgid and remaking Gnus everything
was honkey-dorey. I'm happy now.

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Jon Øyvind Kvebæk                       Telenor Media, Origo      
<jon@origo.telenor.no>               http://origo.telenor.no

Re: nnml problem (5.2.39)

[Jon Kvebaek]

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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

> You'll get this message before nnml has received any mails.  When the
> first mail arrives, the message will disappear.

Umm. Yes. That's what I thought, so I sent myself piles of mail. However,
it seems the error was with movemail. I thought Gnus would use the movemail
first found in $PATH? Anyway, I tried to set the whole path in nnmail.el
and recompiled. Bliss.
 
> > (setq nnfolder-get-new-mail t)
> 
> nnfolder?  You mean nnml?

Aye sir. That was a mistake on my part...it's fixed. It wouldn't have made
any difference though? And everything else works as well.

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Jon Øyvind Kvebæk                       Telenor Media, Origo      
<jon@origo.telenor.no>               http://origo.telenor.no