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The default for vm-folder-directory was changed to ~/Mail.

Set it to nil and it should work again.

The problem is actually that VM then does not find the spool
files for INBOX as it is ~/INBOX, but for the spool files it
will be ~/Mail/INBOX.

There is also a VM 8.0.1 fixing this. 

Robert.

"jonathan.underwood@gmail.com" <jonathan.underwood@gmail.com> writes:

> Please see
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245780
>
> Description of problem:
>
> emacs vm stoped reading new mail in this latest rev.
>
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
>
> emacs-vm-8.0.0.453-1.fc7
>
> How reproducible:
>
> very.
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. replace .emacs with a file containing only the following:
>
> (setq vm-spool-files
>       (list
>        (list "INBOX" (expand-file-name "~/mbox") "CRASHBOX")
>        (list "INBOX" (expand-file-name "~/Mailbox") "CRASHBOX")
>        (list "INBOX" (concat "/var/mail/" (user-login-name))
> "CRASHBOX")
>        (list "LIST" (expand-file-name "~/Mailbox+list")
> "LISTCRASHBOX")
>        ))
>
> 2. send yourself mail
> 3. start emacs
> 4. try to read the new mail with M-x vm
>
> Actual results:
>
> No new mail is incorporated
>
> Expected results:
>
> New mail should be appended to the end of the INBOX
>
> Additional info:
>
> The previous yum version of emacs-vm worked fine.
>
> Commenting out the vm-spool-files and making sure the env MAILBOX
> variable is
> correctly set is a work around.  One won't be able to use alternate
> mailboxs
> (such as POP etc.)