From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16799 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Positioning of items Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:53:11 +0000 Message-ID: <20140325085311.6a03d1a8@london> References: <878urzcuo6.fsf@talktalk.net> <87r45r5pce.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <20140324212638.73d24de1@london> <87mwgf5jkd.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <87vbv2ohny.fsf@talktalk.net> <87pplau1wz.fsf@nowhere.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3413927150283330640==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395737615 2203 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2014 08:53:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:53:35 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 09:53:45 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 1WSN7A-0004ba-Mm for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40226 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSN7A-0002en-4I for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51574) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSN74-0002Zy-Eu for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:53:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSN6z-000889-Sf for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:53:38 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:42920) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSN6z-00087v-Mb for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:53:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSN6x-0004Lq-5u for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:31 +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 ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:31 +0100 Original-Received: from boudiccas by host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:31 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 91 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:16799 Archived-At: --===============3413927150283330640== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/JYzMdV0b+3dtHsb=358o263"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --Sig_/JYzMdV0b+3dtHsb=358o263 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:18:20 +0000 Glyn Millington wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: >=20 > > asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sj=C3=B8gren) writes: > > > >> Sharon Kimble 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. >=20 > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) >=20 > (add-to-list > gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org")) >=20 > (add-to-list gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "") > mail-sources '(file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas")))=20 >=20 > Try that! >=20 Thanks for this.=20 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! 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