GNU bug report logs - #26376
Rmail fails with any protocol but pop and imap

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 19:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, patch

Merged with 18130, 18278

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Rmail fails with any protocol but pop and imap
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:55:07 -0400

Package: emacs
Version: 25.2

The Emacs manual node "Movemail" goes on about the various protocols one
can use with GNU movemail: mbox, mh, maildir, file, pop, imap.

It seems that only pop and imap can ever have worked.

Eg:

emacs -Q --eval "(setq rmail-movemail-program \"/path/to/movemail\"
   rmail-primary-inbox-list \"/path/to/file\")"

works fine, but change that to "file:///path/to/file" and Emacs just
reports "No mail".

rmail-insert-inbox-text calls (expand-file-name "file:///path/to/file"),
which returns non-existent nonsense. It needs to strip the protocal prefix.


The maildir: case is then going to further break when it gets to this bit:

  ;; On some systems, /usr/spool/mail/foo is a directory
  ;; and the actual inbox is /usr/spool/mail/foo/foo.
  (if (file-directory-p file)
     (setq file (expand-file-name (user-login-name) file)))


On a related subject, all the non-remote examples in the manual seem to
be missing a "/" after the protocol. Eg "mbox://var/spool/mail/smith"
should be "mbox:///var/spool/mail/smith".
Merged 18130 18278 26376. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) confirmed. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 26.1, send any further explanations to 18278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Sergey Poznyakoff <gray <at> gnu.org> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:45:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 07 May 2017 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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