Re: IMAP problems

[Bill <wsharris13@gmail.com>]

On Nov 28, 4:32 pm, Bill Harris <bill_har...@facilitatedsystems.com>
wrote:
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> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gm...@imap.cc> writes:
> > Unrelated to the problem at hand: As you still use Emacs 21, I'd
> > recommend to update to Emacs 22.1, which comes with a more recent Gnus
> > version (5.10.8 + more bug fixes).

Okay, now I'm stuck.  I installed 22.1.1, and it came with Gnus
v5.11.  I copied over my .emacs and .gnus, but it stumbles on the
(require 'gnus-load) in my .emacs.  I can't tell if that's required or
not, but it's certainly not there (at least a search doesn't reveal
it).

As best I can tell, gnus-load is created by make.bat, but the only
make.bat I can find in my emacs 22 tree is for bbdb-2.34 (and I know I
have to upgrade that -- one thing at a time).  The fact I see lots
of .elc files in the gnus directory indicates that gnus came pre-
built, so I shouldn't have to do anything, right?

I can start gnus by stepping through my .emacs, one command at a time
and skipping the commands that don't work (e.g., (require 'gnus-
load)),  That gives me my nnmail-split customizations, for example.

When I then start gnus,I get only a handful of my folders, populated
with email I've received today.  When I enter /o in my misc folder, it
says there is no older email, yet I seem to see lots more files in the
folder.

That's okay (I hope); I figure gnus will reveal old emails when I
resolve the gnus-load problem or whatever it is.  It's a bit
surprising that my drafts folder appears empty when looked at outside
of Emacs, though; I don't know where my draft emails may have gone.

Any tips for getting going?  Is gnus-load obsolete in 5.11, or do I
need to recreate it somehow?

Thanks,

Bill