Can't get nnmbox to read mail.

Can't get nnmbox to read mail.

[Eze Ogwuma]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted as well.

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")

(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.

Re: Can't get nnmbox to read mail.

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> Eze Ogwuma writes:

  Eze> (setq nnmail-movemail-program 
  Eze> "/usr/local/rlib/emacs/19.34/bin/emacs/19.34/rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5/movemail
  Eze> /usr/spool/mail/zcaceog ~/Mail/nnmbox")

There is no program with that name (including the spaces and all).
Just use
"/usr/local/rlib/emacs/19.34/bin/emacs/19.34/rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5/movemail",
Gnus will take care of the right arguments.

Was this it?
kai
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Re: Can't get nnmbox to read mail.

[Eze Ogwuma]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> 
> >>>>> Eze Ogwuma writes:
> 
>   Eze> (setq nnmail-movemail-program 
>   Eze> "/usr/local/rlib/emacs/19.34/bin/emacs/19.34/rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5/movemail
>   Eze> /usr/spool/mail/zcaceog ~/Mail/nnmbox")
> 
> There is no program with that name (including the spaces and all).
> Just use
> "/usr/local/rlib/emacs/19.34/bin/emacs/19.34/rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5/movemail",
> Gnus will take care of the right arguments.
> 
> Was this it?

No. Sorry there aren't meant to be any arguments after the movemail
command. The version of my .gnus file that I posted was the last one I
tried. Those arguments actually give an error message.

Eze.

Re: Can't get nnmbox to read mail.

[Eze Ogwuma]

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