From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16777 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How to get mail from localhost? Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:37:07 +0000 Message-ID: <20140322163707.26e97692@london> References: <87txar73o6.fsf@talktalk.net> <87lhw2hffe.fsf@nowhere.org> <20140322151818.5d11b3b1@london> <87wqfmnsvn.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2789381019917196105==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395506247 11927 80.91.229.3 (22 Mar 2014 16:37:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:37:27 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 22 17:37:38 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WROvQ-0000qB-UB for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:37:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57620 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WROvQ-0000C2-G3 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:37:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55339) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WROvK-0000Bu-U7 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:37:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WROvG-00072F-Dz for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:37:30 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WROvG-00072B-3k for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WROvE-0000bY-Sd for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:37:24 +0100 Original-Received: from host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net ([92.20.151.135]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:37:24 +0100 Original-Received: from boudiccas by host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:37:24 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 176 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; i486-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:16777 Archived-At: --===============2789381019917196105== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/+p2p6FQKN4p7kjdeIXAudXg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --Sig_/+p2p6FQKN4p7kjdeIXAudXg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:41:00 +0100 asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sj=C3=B8gren) wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: >=20 > > ; No primary server: > > ;(setq gnus-select-method '(list 'nnspool (system-name))) > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnmil "")) > ^^^^^^ > This should be nnnil - not nnnmil. >=20 > > ; Get email, and store in nnml: > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.gmane.org")) >=20 > Here you are overwriting the other select method you set above - which > is confusing :-) >=20 > > (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp > > "news.gmane.org")) >=20 > Adding the same server to gnus-secondary-select-methods as the one you > just have set in gnus-select-method is probably a bad idea. >=20 > > (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")) > > (nnml-directory "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/") > > (nnml-active-file > > "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/active") mail-sources '(file :path > > "/var/mail/boudiccas")) >=20 > mail-sources is a variable by itself, it should not be part of your > gnus-secondary-select-methods definition. >=20 > Also, I think you have got your parenthesis mixed up; nnml-directory > and nnml-active-file is supposed to be right after the "". >=20 > o o o >=20 > I would rewrite the configuration you posted like this: >=20 > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) >=20 > (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "" > (nnml-directory > "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/") (nnml-active-file > "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/active")) (nntp "news.gmane.org"))) >=20 > (I don't mind my mail ending up in ~/Mail/, so I don't set > nnml-directory and nnml-active-file in my configuration, but that's > just a matter of taste.) >=20 > If your login boudiccas, then you don't need to set mail-sources. If > it isn't, I would add: >=20 > (setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas"))) >=20 > to the above. >=20 > Hope this helps a little. >=20 >=20 > Best regards, >=20 > Adam >=20 Thanks Adam, but its just not working, and I can't see why. Therefore this is the guts of my '.gnus.el' =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ;;; package --- gnus.el setup ;;; Commentary - 2014-03-22 (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.talktalk.net")=20 (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) (require 'smtpmail) (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials "~/.authinfo") (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "mail.talktalk.net" :user "custardpie@talktalk.net" :password "rhubarbandcustard"))) (setq user-mail-address "custardpie@talktalk.net") (setq user-full-name "Sharon Kimble") (setq gnus-home-directory "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/" gnus-init-file "~/.emacs.d/.gnus.el") =20 ;; No primary server: ;; (setq gnus-select-method '(list 'nnspool (system-name))) (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "" (nnml-directory "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail= ") (nnml-active-file "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/ma= il/active")) (nntp "news.gmane.org"))) (setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas"))) (provide '.gnus) ;;; .gnus.el ends here =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D And this is what is shown on the 'gnus desktop'=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D U *: nnml:mail.misc 6: nnfolder+archive:sent-mail 1: nnfolder+archive:sent-news 14: nnfolder+archive:sent.2014-03 16: nndraft:drafts U *: gmane.linux.debian.user *: gmane.emacs.gnus.general =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D And this is the pathway of the folders - ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/ ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/ ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/bogus/ ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/emacs/ ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/misc/ ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/org-mode/ ~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/active But none of the files or 'active' are touched with the time that I started GNUs off, I don't know where its getting the information from, as its not reading the folders in the pathway. I think that its somehow reading the old setup, which isn't being updated, and the '.gnus.el' above is the only one on the machine, so I'm puzzled.=20 I'm sorry for presuming so much onto your time, but I am seriously trying to use GNUs for all of my emails, but at the moment its just not working, and I can't see why.=20 Thanks Sharon. --=20 =EF=BB=BFA taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =3D https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.1 Registered Linux user 561944 --Sig_/+p2p6FQKN4p7kjdeIXAudXg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTLbw7AAoJEDaBgBkK+INbvsMQAKEk6/sl9eAY+gvUo4y5XXSA GVizArcmXWKGcxuIp6mMBq3ovn62yzmfLreVzxM1Wg0hNiPfdVWpm5L20taQl/Rn FfefIjYNVZoSAgzvDhYyrwRCX2EE5RrTUDOmTsT1j+yduuDzad5QjXNOQWW8gfmt VSoIKzjbDC+Qev484buQ+8Np+GfoxyEUnJhA9XijddtOShaKeA/NfxIOXPcrHl9N m0TWpu6jpsBzEIDtbenqomp4Ai/1mmq0FcXYlr1V/Es3a6gdFsSmgXj2cLgBhzF+ Bs2mku9OJurRDJxCVCdZ5kGI12GJ6ub9tqBKQx2KpDzhUHCc5K11qTEoJ8nXuSP7 ry4eMzEUUuE2S2SVWJt7PXD1zfHmuUCbFbE0H6fgLFdA+OuQsuh0Eg2rgdFA1lxw +pfouHkP9DPPipHAcVfPbvFHJp0t17LA6bqMRq+kILqz4mHbqJ6MQBmIawkgqow2 F2yezDRPD6Nu1YM2zvxuHSfC+TOzWF5vAe5Mot56betNaV4+5hjdlGn/haK/HgDU xSb4ehsPlMqLOj7p+0DPgAal3CqyPAJrcFuioZ99dUwQrK8jefwl7I3PYTKZCedD G+BYno8J+qTsv1CidCJS/K5XVwL0zAPHvebASNLNFYmPqk+nR8HsDygETwQUGzEm 4FF2E7mxE/CNdkUuGApf =fHQ5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/+p2p6FQKN4p7kjdeIXAudXg-- --===============2789381019917196105== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english --===============2789381019917196105==--