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From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Positioning of items
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:53:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140325085311.6a03d1a8@london> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pplau1wz.fsf@nowhere.org>


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On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:18:20 +0000
Glyn Millington <glyn.millington@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
> 
> > asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
> >
> >> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
> >>
> >>>  (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
> >>> (nnml-directory "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail") (nnml-active-file
> >>> "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/active")
> >> The parenthesis here are messed up, which is why you get the
> >> errors. I think you should consider to start with the simplest
> >> possible configuration (say the one I posted from your information
> >> previously), and when that works, and only then, expand step by
> >> step- rather than rewriting everything for each try.
> >>
> > Right, back online with gnus, and with no info lost, so far as I
> > know. Now I have newsgroups and email, but still no system mail.
> > The code relevant for it is
> >
> > ,----
> > | (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) (add-to-list
> > | gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org"))
> > (add-to-list | gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
> > (eval-after-load | "mail-source" '(add-to-list 'mail-sources
> > '(file :path | "/var/mail/boudiccas")))
> > `----
> >
> > I can find no way of 'adding in' the mail-source, but that could
> > very well be my lack of knowledge. How can I get it working please?
> >
> > Thanks Sharon.
> 
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
> 
> (add-to-list
>  gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org"))
> 
> (add-to-list gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")
>              mail-sources '(file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas"))) 
> 
> Try that!
> 
Thanks for this. 

With the new code in place, I attempt to start gnus, which fails with
this in the message buffer -

eval-buffer: Attempt to set a constant symbol: nil

That is a new error message, never seen before so I don't know what it
is referring to, but it didn't occur before with the old code. Sorry!

Sharon.
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  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-25  8:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-24 18:34 Sharon Kimble
2014-03-24 18:49 ` Mark Simpson
2014-03-24 20:11 ` Adam Sjøgren
2014-03-24 21:26   ` Sharon Kimble
2014-03-24 22:16     ` Adam Sjøgren
2014-03-25  7:34       ` Sharon Kimble
2014-03-25  8:18         ` Glyn Millington
2014-03-25  8:53           ` Sharon Kimble [this message]
2014-03-25  9:32             ` Glyn Millington
2014-03-25 20:58           ` Sharon Kimble

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