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Subject: Re: gnus-demon-scan-mail problems
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* Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> wrote:

> 1. gnus-demon-scan-mail does not do anything if gnus is not alive.
>    this is not too nice: I want to watch for new mail even when I am
>    not reading news.
>
> 2. even when gnus is alive, gnus-demon-scan-mail does not appear to
>    change anything, i.e., even when there is new mail (either pop or
>    imap), gnus-demon-scan-mail does not notify me about it in any way.
>
> Does anyone use this functionality?

Yes, I do. I read mails via IMAP, too.

Here is my code which works perfectly for me:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq gnus-use-demon t)

(defun gnus-demon-scan-news ()
  (when (gnus-alive-p)
    (save-excursion
      (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
      (gnus-group-get-new-news))
    )
  )

(defun gnus-demon-scan-mail ()
  (when (and (gnus-alive-p) mail-here)
    (save-excursion
      (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
      (gnus-group-get-new-news 3)
      )
    )
  )

(gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-demon-scan-news 5 10)

(gnus-demon-init)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

As you can see I don't use the "gnus-demon-scan-mail"-function but mail
checking works.

Regards,
Marcus
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