Re: A problem getting pop mail

[Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net>]

metonymy <metonymy@newsguy.com> writes:

> I have gnus 5.9 and gnu emacs 21.2.1 running under cygwin under
> windows xp media center.
>
> I can't get gnus to fetch my pop mail. I assume I'm doing something
> stupid, but I can't figure out what it is.

Yo have two POP accounts listed.  Does it get mail from either server?

> Here are the relevent portions of my gnus:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.newsguy.com"))
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "private")))     
>
>
> (setq mail-sources nil)         ;make it empty
> (eval-after-load "mail-source"
>   '(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(pop :server "pop.newsguy.com"
>                                     :user "metonymy"
>                                     :password "password")))
>
> (add-to-list 'mail-sources '(pop :user "gpond" :server "loyno.edu"
> :password "password"))

I think you have some a problem there.  Several, possibly.  One is
your second line, which I think should be

     (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))

instead of

     (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "private")))

I wonder if  (setq mail-sources nil) isn't creating a problem.

Also, there's no quote (') before 

     (add-to-list 'mail-sources '(pop :user "gpond" :server "loyno.edu"
   :password "password"))

and the name of the server looks incomplete (loyno.edu not pop.loyno.edu).

Try filling in the relevant information for each server into this:

(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
 '(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(pop :server "pop.newsguy.com"
                                   :user ""metonymy"
                                   :password "password")))

and see if that works.  If so, use that in your .gnus or .emacs.

HTH!