emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[Vladimir Volovich]

Hi,

with GNU emacs 21.0.90, i get an error when i try to fetch mail from
pop3 server:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Cannot get new mail.")
  signal(error ("Cannot get new mail."))
  error("Cannot get new mail.")
  byte-code("..." [err yes-or-no-p format "Mail source error (%s).  Continue? " error "Cannot get new mail." 0] 4)
  mail-source-fetch((pop :server "..." :user "..." :port "pop3" :password "...") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnmbox-save-mail) (quote #[nil "..." [in-buf nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-group-alist nnmbox-active-file insert-buffer-substring nnmbox-save-active] 3]) (nnmail-get-split-group orig-file source) (quote nnmbox-active-number))))
  nnmail-get-new-mail(nnmbox #[nil "..." [nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-save-buffer] 1] "/opt/local/vvv/" nil #[nil "..." [in-buf nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-group-alist nnmbox-active-file insert-buffer-substring nnmbox-save-active] 3])
  nnmbox-request-scan(nil "")
  gnus-request-scan(nil (nnmbox ""))
  gnus-read-active-file-1((nnmbox "") nil)
  gnus-read-active-file()
  gnus-group-get-new-news(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-group-get-new-news)

Best,
v.

Re: emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[ShengHuo ZHU]

Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vvv.vsu.ru> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> with GNU emacs 21.0.90, i get an error when i try to fetch mail from
> pop3 server:
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Cannot get new mail.")
>   signal(error ("Cannot get new mail."))
>   error("Cannot get new mail.")
>   byte-code("..." [err yes-or-no-p format "Mail source error (%s).  Continue? " error "Cannot get new mail." 0] 4)

What was the yes-or-no question you were asked?

ShengHuo

Re: emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[Vladimir Volovich]

"ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU writes:

 ZSH> What was the yes-or-no question you were asked?

i tried both; answering `no' and setting debug-on-error gave the
backtrace which i sent.

Best,
v.

Re: emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[ShengHuo ZHU]

Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vvv.vsu.ru> writes:

> "ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU writes:
> 
>  ZSH> What was the yes-or-no question you were asked?
> 
> i tried both; answering `no' and setting debug-on-error gave the
> backtrace which i sent.

I mean the question. There is an error message in the question
(inside the parentheses).

ShengHuo

Re: emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[vvv]

"ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU writes:

 ZSH> What was the yes-or-no question you were asked?
 >> i tried both; answering `no' and setting debug-on-error gave the
 >> backtrace which i sent.

 ZSH> I mean the question. There is an error message in the question
 ZSH> (inside the parentheses).

sorry. :-) the question was:

Mail source error ((wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)).  Continue? (yes or no)

Best,
v.

Re: emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[ShengHuo ZHU]

vvv@vsu.ru writes:

> "ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU writes:
> 
>  ZSH> What was the yes-or-no question you were asked?
>  >> i tried both; answering `no' and setting debug-on-error gave the
>  >> backtrace which i sent.
> 
>  ZSH> I mean the question. There is an error message in the question
>  ZSH> (inside the parentheses).
> 
> sorry. :-) the question was:
> 
> Mail source error ((wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)).  Continue? (yes or no)

It is definitely a bug.  Could you (setq debug-on-signal t debug-on-error t), 
then try it again?

ShengHuo

Re: emacs 21.0.90: pop3 does not work?

[vvv]

"ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU writes:

 >> Mail source error ((wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)).  Continue?
 >> (yes or no)

 ZSH> It is definitely a bug.  Could you (setq debug-on-signal t
 ZSH> debug-on-error t), then try it again?

Oh, -- this way i got a bunch of errors even before gnus started
(mostly because of some programs not found in path such as openssl,
gpg.el, etc); i continued running (c in debug mode) for all of them.

the error which occurs when getting pop3 now produces the following:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)
  coding-system-plist(nil)
  coding-system-get(nil alias-coding-systems)
  coding-system-base(nil)
  select-safe-coding-system(1 765 cyrillic-koi8)
  write-region(1 765 "~/.emacs-mail-crash-box" t nomesg)
  pop3-movemail("~/.emacs-mail-crash-box")
  mail-source-fetch-pop((pop :server "..." :user "..." :port "..." :password "...") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnmbox-save-mail) (quote #[nil "..." [in-buf nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-group-alist nnmbox-active-file insert-buffer-substring nnmbox-save-active] 3]) (nnmail-get-split-group orig-file source) (quote nnmbox-active-number))))
  funcall(mail-source-fetch-pop (pop :server "..." :user "..." :port "..." :password "...") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnmbox-save-mail) (quote #[nil "..." [in-buf nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-group-alist nnmbox-active-file insert-buffer-substring nnmbox-save-active] 3]) (nnmail-get-split-group orig-file source) (quote nnmbox-active-number))))
  mail-source-fetch((pop :server "..." :user "..." :port "..." :password "...") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnmbox-save-mail) (quote #[nil "..." [in-buf nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-group-alist nnmbox-active-file insert-buffer-substring nnmbox-save-active] 3]) (nnmail-get-split-group orig-file source) (quote nnmbox-active-number))))
  nnmail-get-new-mail(nnmbox #[nil "..." [nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-save-buffer] 1] "/opt/local/vvv/" nil #[nil "..." [in-buf nnmbox-mbox-buffer nnmbox-group-alist nnmbox-active-file insert-buffer-substring nnmbox-save-active] 3])
  nnmbox-request-scan(nil "")
  gnus-request-scan(nil (nnmbox ""))
  gnus-read-active-file-1((nnmbox "") nil)
  gnus-read-active-file()
  gnus-group-get-new-news(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-group-get-new-news)

Best,
v.