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Subject: Re: Can't get nnmbox to read mail.
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The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted as well.

Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

Sorry but the version of the .gnus file I included had some extra
parameters that I tried just before I posted. They shouldn't be there.

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is anyone using Gnus and nnmbox to read their mail? I've been trying
> for some time but it just won't work.
> 
> Gnus starts but then it doesn't "inc" my mail. There are no error
> messages and all my other groups come up. I am currently stuck using
> nnfolder to read mail from the spool.
> 
> Below is my .gnus file. While trying to get this to work I have tried
> various combinations of the items in my .gnus file, including using
> the default movemail and substituting "$HOME" for "~".
> 
> I have also tried using "~/mbox" for the "nnmbox-mbox-file" and "~/active"
> for the active file.
> 
> I am using Gnus 5.3 on AIX. I tried Gnus 5.4.16. but there was no
> change.
> 
> Running the movemail listed in my .gnus file manually works.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> .gnus
> 
> ******
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmbox "")))
> 
> (setq nnmail-movemail-program 
> "/usr/local/rlib/emacs/19.34/bin/emacs/19.34/rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5/movemail
> /usr/spool/mail/zcaceog ~/Mail/nnmbox")

The line above should read

(setq nnmail-movemail-program 
"/usr/local/rlib/emacs/19.34/bin/emacs/19.34/rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5/movemail")


> 
> (setq nnmail-spool-file "/usr/spool/mail/zcaceog")
> 
> (setq nnmbox-get-new-mail t)
> (setq nnmbox-mbox-file "~/Mail/nnmbox")
> (setq nnmbox-active-file "~/Mail/nnmbox-active")
> 
>  
> (setq gnus-soup-packer "tar cf - %s | gzip > $HOME/spout%d.tgz")
> (setq gnus-soup-packet-regexp "spin")
> (setq gnus-read-active-file nil)
> (setq gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil)
> (setq gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups nil)
> (setq gnus-nov-is-evil nil)
> (setq gnus-show-threads nil)
> (setq gnus-use-cross-reference nil)
> (setq gnus-article-display-hook nil)
> 
> ******

Eze