Re: Gnus writing to ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box on each mail it downloads.

[Jason Rumney]

galenboyer@hotpop.com (Galen Boyer) writes:

> >> Ever since that occurence, when I hit `g', Gnus first splits
> >> out the previously saved ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box into their
> >> correct groups and then it downloads all of my POP mail and
> >> writes it to the crash box.  I checked this by searching the
> >> particular groups for the messages I saw in the crash box
> >> saving a copy of this file, hitting `g'
> > 
> > It is a feature of Gnus, so that your mails are saved even when
> > Emacs crashes.
> 
> But, why do I have to wait until the next `g' to actually get my
> mail split into the appropriate group?

I think I have seen that happen when an error occurs talking to
another backend (IIRC I had nnslashdot set up, and the format
changed, or maybe it was the same mail backend with a second server
set up). Does anything appear in *Messages* that might provide a clue
to what is happening?

-- 
Jason Rumney