[VM] open buffer w/ no file

[Dave Webb]

upon opening w/ M-x vm, the window opening always shows "no file associated with this buffer" in the mini-buffer. not knowing any better, i thought this was normal behavior and just used the buffer list to change to inbox. Well backtrace kicked in and posted this message: (byte code removed)

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "No VM folder buffer associated with this buffer")
signal(error ("No VM folder buffer associated with this buffer"))
error("No VM folder buffer associated with this buffer")
vm-emit-totals-blurb()
\207" [access-method folder vm-primary-inbox f vm-folder-access-method vm-recognize-imap-maildrops bufferp string-match imap pop nil vm-pop-find-name-for-spec "POP" vm-pop-find-cache-file-for-spec 3 vm-imap-parse-spec-to-list "inbox" vm-imap-account-name-for-spec vm-imap-make-filename-for-spec vm-read-folder buffer-file-name ".msf" file-exists-p set-buffer-multibyte get-coding-system no-conversion-unix no-conversion-dos no-conversion-mac binary buffer-modified-p ((set-buffer-modified-p omodified)) encode-coding-region set-buffer-file-coding-system no-conversion decode-coding-region raw-text coding-system-base raw-text-unix raw-text-mac raw-text-dos ((set-buffer-modified-p omodified)) vm-check-for-killed-summary vm-check-for-killed-presentation 0 vm-mode file-newer-than-file-p make-auto-save-file-name default-value vm-folder-read-only buffer-disable-undo ...] 10)
vm(nil :read-only nil)
call-interactively(vm t nil)
execute-extended-command(nil)
call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)

i have primary-inbox as "~/Mail/inbox" and
also set primary-inbox to a imap-ssl:etc:etc:etc which is what I retrieve when opening the inbox from buffer list and using the g key to initiate new mail retrieval.

any ideas what I have set wrong or what I should add? thanks

[Uday S Reddy]

i have primary-inbox as "~/Mail/inbox" and also set primary-inbox to
a imap-ssl:etc:etc:etc which is what I retrieve when opening the
inbox from buffer list and using the g key to initiate new mail
retrieval.

That doesn't make sense, Dave. You can't possibly set primary-inbox
to two different values! "~/Mail/inbox" is what you would use if you
want to use *local folders*. "imap-ssl:etc:etc:etc" is meant for
*server folders*. The info manual has separate sections on the two
methods, and they work quite differently. Can you read those sections
and decide which one you want to use? Then if you send me your .vm
file, I can check your settings.

Cheers,
Uday