Re: Fetching mail from a pop3 account

Hello Reiner, sorry for the previous mail, I accidentaly hit some key which causes the mail being sent. > I'd suggest to add logging to you script. And verify that it is > really called when you hit `g'. E.g. add ... > > exec 2> $HOME/get-all-mail.log > set -x > > ... near the beginning of y

Re: Fetching mail from a pop3 account

Hello Reiner, > I'd suggest to add logging to you script. And verify that it is > really called when you hit `g'. E.g. add ... > > exec 2> $HOME/get-all-mail.log > set -x > > ... near the beginning of your script. I already verified that it is not called. (added some simple touch command wh

Re: Fetching mail from a pop3 account

Hello, > > (setq mail-sources > > '((pop :server "pop.gmx.net" :username "foo" :password "bar" :program > "~/.config/getmail/get-all-mail.sh"))) > [...] > > In fact the get-all-mail.sh script contains everything necessary for > > fetching mail, so I don't need to give username, password etc.

Fetching mail from a pop3 account

Hello, sorry for asking again (the first time, no one responded), but I didn't yet make gnus fetch my mail and my webmail account contains a thousand mails now... In the group buffer, I see the mail I downloaded using a direct getmail call, but I can't make gnus fetching the mail from the pop3

Fetching mail in gnus

Hello, two questions regarding fetching mails in gnus. First: I have pop as mail source type. Is it ok to omit all parameters except :program, and feed :program with the path of a shell script which in turn calls getmail with an appropriate configuration file containing the account informatio

Re: Problem with maildir as backend

Hello Ted, thanks for your help, however I not yet figured out what's wrong with my setup. > WP> Thanks. When I enter the server buffer and hit RET on the nnmaildir > server, I get an empty buffer called Gnus Browse Server. > > Something is wrong with the server setup then, it thinks you don'

Re: Problem with maildir as backend

Hello Ted, > I would try the Server buffer (`^' from the Group buffer). Then press > RET on the nnmaildir server. You should see the mail.misc group. Thanks. When I enter the server buffer and hit RET on the nnmaildir server, I get an empty buffer called Gnus Browse Server. Is the mail.misc

Problem with maildir as backend

Hello, I am a gnus newbie and want to set up gnus for reading mail using maildir as mail source and as mail backend. My configuration so far is: (setq mail-sources '((maildir :path "~/spool/inbox_wolgmx" :subdirs ("cur" "new" (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) (setq gnus-secon

Re: Problems with maildir

Hello, > Since you use fetchmail, why not use maildrop[1] to deliver emails > directly > to maildir, and use nnmaildir backend to read them in Gnus. Ok, as far as I get it this would be an option as well. Maybe I'll try it. Just one question: Would this mean that I use nnmail-split-methods ins

Problems with maildir

Hello, I am a gnus newbie and want to set up gnus for reading mail using maildir as mail source and as mail backend. My configuration so far is: (setq mail-sources '((maildir :path "~/spool/inbox_wolgmx" :subdirs ("cur" "new" (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) (setq gnus-secondary