Package: gnus Version: 5.10.6-1.NO.20051213-1 Severity: grave Recently, the following situation occurred: Gnus downloaded mail from the IMAP server I use, and it deleted it on the server, since this is the way I have configured it. However, there was something in the mail messages that caused Gnus and Emacs to take up all available memory in the system, and eventually the kernel started killing processes, starting of course with Emacs.
As a consequence, all of the incoming mail was lost. I could see the new message headers in my Gnus folders, but the message bodies were irretrievably lost. None of the messages were saved to the file specified in `mail-source-crash-box' (which is the default `~/.emacs-mail-crash-box'). Perhaps a better crash-save mechanism should be implemented. The Gnus-relevant settings from my .emacs file are: (setq mail-sources (quote ((imap :server "xxxxx.xxxxx.xxx" :port 993 :user "xxxxxx" :stream ssl :authenticator cram-md5 :predicate "UNSEEN UNDELETED")))) (setq gnus-use-bbdb t) (setq gnus-use-sendmail t) (setq gnus-article-decode-charset 1) (setq nnmail-delete-incoming t) (setq mail-source-delete-incoming t) (setq nnmail-fancy-expiry-targets (quote (("from" ".*" "nnfolder:Chronicle.%Y.%b")))) (setq nnmail-split-fancy "") (setq nnmail-split-methods ... ;; (omitted for brevity) (setq gnus-message-archive-method (quote (nnfolder "Sent" (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/Sent/") (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/Sent/active") (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil) (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t)))) (setq gnus-outgoing-message-group (quote ("nnfolder+Sent:Sent"))) (gnus-secondary-select-methods (quote ((nnfolder "mail")))) (setq gnus-select-method (quote (nntp ... (setq gnus-signature-limit 4.0) (setq gnus-signature-separator (quote ("^-- $" "^-- *$" "^---*$" "^====*$"))) (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions (quote (gnus-thread-sort-by-date))) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages gnus depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.65 Debian configuration management sy ii emacs21 21.4a-1 The GNU Emacs editor ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" util ii ucf 2.004 Update Configuration File: preserv gnus recommends no packages. -- debconf information: gnus/upgrade/pre_5.9.0: false -- "I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now." --Colin Powell, Remarks to Reporters, May 4, 2003 http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/20166.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]