* Re: POPing mail using Gnus, how do I do it?
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@ 2003-05-10 19:41 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2003-05-10 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
Andreas Davour <ante@update.uu.se> writes:
> Now, the code I added to my .gnus is as follows:
> ;; mailreading
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> '(nnmbox "tempo" ; the name of my virtual mbox
> (nnmbox-mbox-file "~/Mail/INBOX")
> (nnmbox-active-file "~/Mail/inbox.active")))
>
> ; data for my mail source
> (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "pop.update.uu.se"
> :user "ante")))
>
> This is code I've pieced together from reading the manual and when it
> didn't work, some parts from the web. I'm afraid I don't understand it,
> and why it doesn't work. I never get to type my POP password and a
> buffer called INBOX is created everytime I run Gnus. That's not what I
> wanted. Nothing new shows up in my Group buffer. Should it?
>
> Anybody here who can tell me what I'm doing wrong and maybe tell me why
> it does what it does?
Hm. Why does Gnus not contact your POP server? I'm surprised.
Anyhow, the INBOX buffer is normal: Emacs works with data stored in
buffers, so the contents of the file ~/Mail/INBOX also needs to be in
a buffer.
As to the groups, hit `^' when in the *Group* buffer, then hit RET on
the nnmbox server. This shows a list of groups, you can subscribe to
them with `u'.
What happens if you hit `g' after starting Gnus?
You say that your MTA delivers mail to an mbox file. Is it the file
~/Mail/INBOX? That would be very bad. Gnus does not like other
programs to mess with its files.
If it is another file, /var/mail/ante, say, then try to add a file
entry to mail-sources to check if getting mail works in principle:
(setq mail-sources '((pop ...)
(file :path "/var/mail/ante")))
Does "emacs -debug-init" show an error when starting Emacs? Is there
an error message when you start Gnus?
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