Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Adam Sjøgren
Sharon Kimble writes: >> If you open nnml:mail.misc, what happens? I would expect email from >> /var/mail/boudiccas to end up there, when you ask Gnus to fetch email. > Yes, it is there, and this is the summary - > R [ 5: Cron Daemon] Cron DISPLAY=:0 > /home/boudiccas/bin/notify

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:40:08 +0100 a...@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > Thanks Adam, but its just not working, and I can't see why. > > If you get in the habit of saying what happens and what you expected > to happen, instead of saying "it doesn't work", you'll

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Adam Sjøgren
Sharon Kimble writes: > Thanks Adam, but its just not working, and I can't see why. If you get in the habit of saying what happens and what you expected to happen, instead of saying "it doesn't work", you'll see that it is much easier for people to help you :-) > (setq mail-sources '((pop :serv

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:46:39 +0100 "Pascal J. Bourguignon" wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "mail.talktalk.net" > > :user > > "custard...@talktalk.net" :password "rhubarbandcustard"))) > > You might want to cha

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
Sharon Kimble writes: > (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "mail.talktalk.net" > :user > "custard...@talktalk.net" > :password > "rhubarbandcustard"))) You might want to change the password… -- __P

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:41:00 +0100 a...@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > ; No primary server: > > ;(setq gnus-select-method '(list 'nnspool (system-name))) > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnmil "")) > ^^ >

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Adam Sjøgren
Sharon Kimble writes: > ; No primary server: > ;(setq gnus-select-method '(list 'nnspool (system-name))) > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnmil "")) ^^ This should be nnnil - not nnnmil. > ; Get email, and store in nnml: > (setq gnus-sel

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:15:49 + Glyn Millington wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 > > > > I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything > > which would allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from > > /var/mail/boudicca

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:50:55 +0100 a...@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote: > I wrote: > > >> How did you set up your select methods? > > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > I did it by trial and error with stuff I found on the internet, not > > the best way but I haven't found a one-site fits all GNUs

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Adam Sjøgren
I wrote: >> How did you set up your select methods? Sharon Kimble writes: > I did it by trial and error with stuff I found on the internet, not the best > way > but I haven't found a one-site fits all GNUs site yet. Ah yes. I meant, how does you setup look? Show us, and we can give you better

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Adam Sjøgren
"Pascal J. Bourguignon" writes: > C-h v gnus-select-method RET > says: > If you want to use your local spool, say: > > (setq gnus-select-method (list 'nnspool (system-name))) > > If you use this variable, you must set `gnus-nntp-server' to nil. Uhm, that is for reading news from a

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Glyn Millington
Sharon Kimble writes: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 > > I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything > which would allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from > /var/mail/boudiccas'. How can I do it please? What should I put in my > .gnus.el' please? I

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-22 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
Sharon Kimble writes: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything which would > allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from '/var/mail/boudiccas'. How can I > do it please? What should I put in my '.gnus.el' please?

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-21 Thread Sharon Kimble
Sharon Kimble writes: > I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything > which would allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from > '/var/mail/boudiccas'. How can I do it please? What should I put in my > '.gnus.el' please? Take a look at the variable mail-sources - the defa

Re: How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-21 Thread Adam Sjøgren
Sharon Kimble writes: > I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything > which would allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from > '/var/mail/boudiccas'. How can I do it please? What should I put in my > '.gnus.el' please? Take a look at the variable mail-sources - the defa

How to get mail from localhost?

2014-03-21 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything which would allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from '/var/mail/boudiccas'. How can I do it please? What should I put in my '.gnus.el' please? Thanks Sharon. - -- A taste of l