Re: "Trying to require a method that doesn't exist"

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Your clues led me to find an improper entry in .newsrc.eld in the
> section that holds the Group Information.  Begins with:
> "(setq gnus-newsrc-alist ......"
> 
> One of the nnml group entries looks like this:
> ("nnml:mail.Barb" 3 ((1 . 1)) ((reply 1)) "nnml:")
> 
> Where as others have the proper form like so:
> ("nnml:mail.misc" 3 ((1 . 53) (57 . 57)) ((reply 53)) (nnml ""))
> 
> Notice the last part with "nnml" is formatted differently.

Since 0.52 pGnus tries to shorten select methods to a virtual server
name if the method is native or secondary -- this lets you change your
server variables in ~/.gnus without having to edit your ~/.newsrc.

That is, "nnml:" is really a valid method field in your ~/.newsrc.

I think that you no longer have `(nnml "")' in
`gnus-secondary-select-methods', is that true?

If this is the case, I think the error message is valid and you should
let Gnus know about a nnml-backend named "" and things should work (by
adding `(nnml "")' to `gnus-secondary-select-methods' or something to
that effect).

/s