Re: 5.13 not fetching email

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:54:02 -0500 Aaron Larson 
<NOSPAMPleaseAaron@LarsonsOnline.net> wrote: 

>>>>>> "TZ" == Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
TZ> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:05:54 -0500 Aaron Larson 
<NOSPAMPleaseAaron@LarsonsOnline.net> wrote: 

AL> I just upgraded to ubuntu hardy emacs-snapshot 22.3 running gnus
AL> 5.13 and when I attempt to read mail, it no longer fetches.  I
AL> don't get a request for the password either.  If I use emacs
AL> 22.1.1 with v5.11 everything works just fine.  Here are some
AL> excerpts from my .gnus file: ...

AL> (setq mail-source-primary-source `(pop :server ,(getenv "MAILHOST") :user 
,my-email-user-name))

AL> Has anyone else seen something similar?

TZ> Can you try using mail-sources instead of
TZ> mail-source-primary-source?  That works for me (the latter should
TZ> work too, but check just in case).  Note mail-sources is a list of
TZ> lists.

AL> I commented out mail-source-primary-source and added mail-sources and
AL> it now works just fine:

AL> ;(setq mail-source-primary-source `(pop :server ,(getenv "MAILHOST") :user 
,my-email-user-name))
AL> (setq mail-sources `((pop :server ,(getenv "MAILHOST") :user 
,my-email-user-name)))

AL> Is this a bug I should file somewhere?

Yes, use the M-x gnus-bug function.  I don't know if it's a bug for
sure.  Make sure to give the real value of mail-source-primary-source
from C-h v, not just how it's defined in your .gnus.el.

Ted