* [Postfix] Unable to open server
@ 2012-08-17 5:05 .
2012-08-17 6:57 ` William Gardella
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From: . @ 2012-08-17 5:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hello there,
I want to read email via Gnus. My MTA is Postfix.
Gnus is started on the same machine as MTA.
Here is what I have in my .gnus.el:
(setq user-mail-addres "foo")
(setq user-full-name "Foo Bar")
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
'(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(maildir :path "~/Maildir/"
:subdirs ("cur" "new"))))
Gnus has successfully created a "~/Mail" dir that has all content from
"~/Maildir," but when I'm starting Gnus I get the error.
How to fix this?
I guess that I should add my "~/Mail" dir as a group but I'm not sure
how to do it.
Thanks
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* Re: [Postfix] Unable to open server
2012-08-17 5:05 [Postfix] Unable to open server .
@ 2012-08-17 6:57 ` William Gardella
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From: William Gardella @ 2012-08-17 6:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english-mXXj517/zsQ
Hi,
"." <nkwerk-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Gnus has successfully created a "~/Mail" dir that has all content from
> "~/Maildir," but when I'm starting Gnus I get the error.
> How to fix this?
>
> I guess that I should add my "~/Mail" dir as a group but I'm not sure
> how to do it.
>
>
> Thanks
If that's your entire Gnus config, the error you are seeing is because
`gnus-select-method' is not set to anything yet, and Gnus expects to see
a main select method in addition to the secondary select methods (yes,
this is an instance of Gnus acting like a newsreader and expecting to
connect to an NNTP server). There are a few solutions:
- Set up an NNTP server as `gnus-select-method' (I use news.gmane.org here,
because I actually find the Gmane service incredibly useful anyway).
- Set up some other kind of group as 'gnus-select-method'; this could
even be your mail/nnml setup, perhaps on the lines of
http://eschulte.me/emacs24-starter-kit/starter-kit-gnus.html which
demonstrates this, albeit with IMAP and not local maildir mail.
- Start up gnus with the tricky command M-x gnus-no-server instead of
M-x gnus. `gnus-no-server' simply skips the step of checking for a
primary select method/news server.
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* Re: Unable to open server
[not found] ` <mailman.7139.1345186660.855.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
@ 2012-08-17 11:48 ` .
2012-08-17 16:42 ` William Gardella
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From: . @ 2012-08-17 11:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
> - Start up gnus with the tricky command M-x gnus-no-server instead of
> M-x gnus. `gnus-no-server' simply skips the step of checking for a
> primary select method/news server.
I've already tried this. Gnus didn't show the error. And it didn't
show emails too. (I have several unread messages.)
I think that it should show them in the *Group* buffer. Is this
correct?
Why they don't appear?
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* Re: Unable to open server
2012-08-17 11:48 ` .
@ 2012-08-17 16:42 ` William Gardella
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From: William Gardella @ 2012-08-17 16:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english-mXXj517/zsQ
Hey hey,
"." <nkwerk@gmail.com> writes:
>> - Start up gnus with the tricky command M-x gnus-no-server instead of
>> M-x gnus. `gnus-no-server' simply skips the step of checking for a
>> primary select method/news server.
>
> I've already tried this. Gnus didn't show the error. And it didn't
> show emails too. (I have several unread messages.)
> I think that it should show them in the *Group* buffer. Is this
> correct?
> Why they don't appear?
Aha! You probably also need to "subscribe" to at least one "group"
containing your mail. Enter A A to see your "active list," i.e. list of
possible groups to subscribe to. Then select your inbox and whatever
else with M-x gnus-subscribe-group on the line(s) containing the group(s).
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* Re: Unable to open server
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@ 2012-08-18 1:44 ` .
2012-08-18 7:54 ` William Gardella
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From: . @ 2012-08-18 1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
> Aha! You probably also need to "subscribe" to at least one "group"
> containing your mail. Enter A A to see your "active list," i.e. list of
> possible groups to subscribe to. Then select your inbox and whatever
> else with M-x gnus-subscribe-group on the line(s) containing the group(s).
It worked. Thanks.
One more thing...
This buffer shows three groups:
nndraft:drafts
nndraft:queue
nnml:mail.misc
The first two are empty, the last is my inbox.
I'd also like to have a group for sent messages. How to implement
this?
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* Re: Unable to open server
2012-08-18 1:44 ` .
@ 2012-08-18 7:54 ` William Gardella
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From: William Gardella @ 2012-08-18 7:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english-mXXj517/zsQ
"." <nkwerk-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> I'd also like to have a group for sent messages. How to implement
> this?
Please see (info "(gnus) Archived Messages"). Gnus can do some pretty
complex things with sent mail, but the default is to automatically
create a new mail folder for each month,
e.g. `nnfolder+archive:sent.2012-08'. There are many other
possibilities, however, as detailed on the Info page.
But, basically, if you are not seeing a sent messages group, it's
probably because you haven't sent any messages yet.
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