retrieving mail from mailbox error

retrieving mail from mailbox error

[Vladimir Volovich]

Hi,

when i'm trying to receive new mail, gnus produces an error message
when it tries to extract mail from my mailbox (/var/mail/vvv):

Mail source error ((error Format specifier doesn't match argument type)).  Continie? (yes or no)

if the mailbox is empty, no error occurs; otherwise the above error is
displayed.

could you please help?

Best,
v.

Re: retrieving mail from mailbox error

[Vladimir Volovich]

"VV" == Vladimir Volovich writes:

 VV> when i'm trying to receive new mail, gnus produces an error
 VV> message when it tries to extract mail from my mailbox
 VV> (/var/mail/vvv):

 VV> Mail source error ((error Format specifier doesn't match argument
 VV> type)).  Continie? (yes or no)

 VV> if the mailbox is empty, no error occurs; otherwise the above
 VV> error is displayed.

 VV> could you please help?

some details:

  yes-or-no-p("Mail source error ((error Format specifier doesn't match argument type)).  Continue? ")
  byte-code("..." [err yes-or-no-p format "Mail source error (%s).  Continue? " error "Cannot get new mail." 0] 4)
  mail-source-fetch((file :path "/var/mail/vvv") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnml-save-mail) (quote nil) (if ... nil ...) (quote nnml-active-number))))
  nnmail-get-new-mail(nnml nnml-save-nov "~/Mail/" "GigaBASE")
  nnml-request-scan("GigaBASE" "")
  gnus-request-scan("nnml:GigaBASE" (nnml ""))
  gnus-activate-group("nnml:GigaBASE" scan)
  gnus-get-unread-articles(nil)
  gnus-group-get-new-news(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-group-get-new-news)

Best,
v.

Re: retrieving mail from mailbox error

[ShengHuo ZHU]

Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vsu.ru> writes:

> "VV" == Vladimir Volovich writes:
> 
>  VV> when i'm trying to receive new mail, gnus produces an error
>  VV> message when it tries to extract mail from my mailbox
>  VV> (/var/mail/vvv):
> 
>  VV> Mail source error ((error Format specifier doesn't match argument
>  VV> type)).  Continie? (yes or no)
> 
>  VV> if the mailbox is empty, no error occurs; otherwise the above
>  VV> error is displayed.
> 
>  VV> could you please help?
> 
> some details:
> 
>   yes-or-no-p("Mail source error ((error Format specifier doesn't match argument type)).  Continue? ")
>   byte-code("..." [err yes-or-no-p format "Mail source error (%s).  Continue? " error "Cannot get new mail." 0] 4)
>   mail-source-fetch((file :path "/var/mail/vvv") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnml-save-mail) (quote nil) (if ... nil ...) (quote nnml-active-number))))

Maybe it is because movemail aborts abnormally. Could you check out
the CVS version and try it again.

ShengHuo