Re: Change in splitting from emacs 22/gnus 5.11 and emacs 23/gnus 5.13?

[Frank Fredstone]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:57:47 -0800 Frank Fredstone <none@not.no> wrote: 
>
> FF> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>> Run emacs -q and load this:
>>> 
>>> (require 'gnus)
>>> ;; untested primary select method, should work though
>>> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "nothing"))
>>> 
>>> (setq mail-sources nil
>>> gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "mail"
>>> (nnml-get-new-mail nil)
>>> ;; should not be necessary but just in case...
>>> (nnmail-get-new-mail nil))))
>>> 
>>> Does your inbox still get emptied?  What's in *Messages*?
>
> FF> Thanks. No, it is not emptied. Messages contains:
>
> OK, excellent.  So there's something not in this configuration but in
> yours that triggers the emptying.  This is your configuration:
>
> (require 'gnus)
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.evilmegacorp.com"))
> (setq mail-sources nil
>       gnus-secondary-select-methods
>         '((nnml "mail")
>             (nnimap "asdf"
>                               (nnimap-address "localhost")
>                               (nnimap-server-port 143)
>                               (nnimap-stream network))))
>
> Can you try emacs -q and see if your configuration as stated above
> empties your inbox?

Thank you! This doesn't empty the inbox and the inbox is mapped to
nnimap:asdf:INBOX. So, I can start adding things back and hopefully
see where things break.

I should have been able to go through that process too, but I was
afraid to lose email. Thanks again.