"Can't select group" for nnml group

"Can't select group" for nnml group

[Steinar Bang]

Quassia Gnus v0.34; nntp 5.0; nnml 1.0; nnmh 1.0; nndraft 1.0
GNU Emacs 19.34.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.4, X toolkit) of Tue Sep 10 1996 on norne
200 Norway.EU.net InterNetNews NNRP server INN 1.7.2 08-Dec-1997 ready (posting ok).

Someone pulled the plug on my SPARCstation last Friday, with the
result that .newsrc-dribble was trashed.  When I started up Gnus
without reading the .newsrc backup file, it wouldn't let me open the
mail groups.

I was at this point, using qgnus 0.29

So I deleted
	~/Mail/active
and did a 
	M-x nnml-generate-nov-databases RET

After doing this, and doing a "g" in "*Group*", things seemed to work
fine.  Until today when I tried to open the group
	nnml:mail.2x

That's when I got the "Can't select group" message.  When I looked at
~/Mail, I found the following directories
	~/Mail/mail.2x/ (had an overview file and lots of articles)
	~/Mail/mail/2x/ (empty, exept for the following directory )
	~/Mail/mail/2x/cvs/ (which had an .overview file and some articles)

I copied the .overview and articles from mail.2x/ into mail/2x/, and
renamed mail.2x/ to old.mail.2x/

I still got the same message.  I removed the line
	mail.2x 1785 1786 y
from
	~/Mail/active
and got a group that couldn't be opened.  I put this line back in, and
upgraded to qgnus 0.34, and I was still unable to select the group.

This is highly annoying, as there was an article in this group that I
need.  

Here's the entry for the group in my ~/.newsrc.eld
("nnml:mail.2x" 1 ((1 . 1785)) ((reply 411 430 440 484 496 524 527 534 545 560 595 607 620 646 667 670 684 700 925 937 942 948 960 988 990 1000 1031 1050 1061 1064 1085 1095 1101 1114 1123 (1138 . 1139) 1146 1151 1153 1168 1177 1207 1211 1213 1217 1238 1240 1247 1250 1260 1265 (1276 . 1277) 1282 1296 1303 (1307 . 1308) 1322 1329 1331 (1333 . 1334) (1341 . 1342) 1344 1360 1391 1395 1399 1401 (1403 . 1404) 1413 1417 1437 1451 1487 (1489 . 1490) 1493 (1497 . 1498) (1501 . 1502) 1504 1506 1510 1514 1522 1525 1527 1530 (1533 . 1534) 1540 1544 1553 (1558 . 1559) 1563 1568 1573 1592 1602 1610 1612 1614 1619 1622 1624 1627 1630 1633 1641 1643 1646 1672 1681 1684 1726 1739 1747 1754 1766 (1770 . 1771) 1783) (tick (1 . 12) 14 16 (18 . 22) 25 (29 . 30) 33 (44 . 48) (50 . 58) 65 (67 . 75) (77 . 78) 84 (86 . 88) (90 . 92) (97 . 98) (103 . 105) (110 . 115) (117 . 122) (128 . 132) (134 . 135) 141 (147 . 162) (164 . 168) (173 . 175) (178 . 192) (197 . 205) (208 . 217) 219 (223 . 224) (239 . 
 2!
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 1396) (1400 . 1409) (1413 . 1425) (1427 . 1433) 1437 (1440 . 1445) (1447 . 1449) 1451 1456 (1458 . 1461) 1468 (1477 . 1478) 1483 (1487 . 1490) (1492 . 1494) (1496 . 1497) 1499 (1501 . 1502) (1504 . 1515) (1519 . 1521) 1523 (1525 . 1526) 1532 1567 (1571 . 1572) 1575 (1577 . 1580) (1582 . 1584) (1599 . 1600) 1602 (1607 . 1608) 1632 1638 (1662 . 1663) (1674 . 1675) 1710 1715 1731 1744 1747 1753 (1756 . 1757) (1764 . 1768) 1773 1775 (1778 . 1780) (1783 . 1784))) (nnml "") ((to-address . "2x@metis.no") (gnus-use-scoring nil) (gnus-thread-sort-functions (quote (gnus-thread-sort-by-number)))))

Re: "Can't select group" for nnml group

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:

> I still got the same message.  I removed the line
> 	mail.2x 1785 1786 y
> from
> 	~/Mail/active
> and got a group that couldn't be opened.  I put this line back in, and
> upgraded to qgnus 0.34, and I was still unable to select the group.

It sounds like you have a problem with `nnmail-use-long-file-names'.
It should correspond to the organization you desire.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen