>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

  LMI> I don't see why ange-ftp should meddle with file names that
  LMI> start with "po:".  

Well it's *almost* how you specify remote files, ie /host:file (or
/user@host:file), no?

  LMI> What effects are you seeing?

ange-ftp tries to open an ftp session to "po", which is non-existant,
(and even if it was, wouldn't have my mail on it :)  Here's a trace
from the call in question.  (And before you freak out, the function I
use for nnmail-movemail-program does grok the ":" delimited pop
maildrop.)


;Signaling: (ftp-error "FTP Error: OPEN request failed: ftp: po: unknown host")
;  signal(ftp-error ("FTP Error: OPEN request failed: ftp: po: unknown host"))
;  ange-ftp-error("po" "dsimms" "OPEN request failed: ftp: po: unknown host")
;  ange-ftp-normal-login("po" "dsimms" "" "" #<process *ftp dsimms@po*>)
;  ange-ftp-get-process("po" "dsimms")
;  ange-ftp-host-type("po" "dsimms")
;  ange-ftp-expand-dir("po" "dsimms" "~")
;  ange-ftp-canonize-filename("/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*")
;  ange-ftp-expand-file-name("/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*" nil)
;  apply(ange-ftp-expand-file-name ("/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*" nil))
;  ange-ftp-hook-function(expand-file-name "/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*" nil)
;  expand-file-name("/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*")
;  ange-ftp-file-directory-p("/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*")
;  apply(ange-ftp-file-directory-p "/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*")
;  ange-ftp-hook-function(file-directory-p "/po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*")
;  file-directory-p("po:pop.alink.net:110:apop:n:dsimms%alink.net:*")
;  #[(file) "À	!ƒ\n
;  mapcar(#[(file) "À	!ƒ\n
;  nnmail-get-spool-files(nil)
;  nnmail-get-new-mail(nnmh nil "~/Mail/" nil)
;  nnmh-request-scan(nil "")
;  gnus-request-scan(nil (nnmh ""))
;  gnus-read-active-file()
;  gnus-group-get-new-news(nil)
;* call-interactively(gnus-group-get-new-news)

Like I said, I have no real idea why file-directory-p is hooked
differently by ange-ftp post-startup.   


  LMI> If you have the mail backend as a secondary server, `F' will
  LMI> subscribe you to all new groups.

coolness.  Well, hopefully I won't ever have to switch to gnus again,
y'know? :)

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