[comp.emacs] A problem with pcmail.

michael@cwi.nl (M. Guravage) (07/02/90)

My problem with pcmail is that in invocations of emacs other than the
one which created my primary-folder, the variable pcmail-folder-name
is nil. Commands like pcmail-summarize-folder, operating on the
current folder, will terminate with the error: "No folder named nil".
Also, if I'm using a wastebasket folder, quitting pcmail doesn't let me
out but only toggles between the wastebasket and the last folder
visited.

As I intimated, if I manually delete my primary-folder and it's
reference in the folders file and let pcmail create it anew,
everything works fine - for this session!

I haven't yet discerned the vital difference between creating and
reading a folder and just reading it. Any suggestions or admonitions
will be gratefully accepted. By the way, I'm using pcmail version 1.4.
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Michael A. Guravage                                    Email: michael@cwi.nl
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