bug#4706: 23.1.50; RMAIL mode fails to read mail first time

[jpff]

This started happening a few days ago.  When I invoke rmail command it
loads by RMAIL file and then asserts that there it cannot get the po:
password, and there is no new mail.  I then run (rmail-get-new-mail)
explicitely and it works.  I have 
(setq rmail-primary-inbox-list 
      '("po:jpff" "/var/spool/mail/jpff"))
(setenv "MAILHOST" "air.cs.bath.ac.uk")
and the password is set 
          (custom-set-variables
           '(rmail-pop-password-required t)
           '(rmail-pop-password "xxxxxxxx"))
This counts more of an irritation than a bug, but it used to work.  On
my other network which does not use pop there is no problem.


In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.7 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2009-10-12 on xenakis
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10502000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: RMAIL

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
M-r g M-x r e p o <tab> r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
0 new messages read
Loading mail-extr...done
Getting mail from the remote server ...
Counting new messages...
Counting messages...20
Counting new messages...done (30)
Saving file /bigdisk/jpff/RMAIL...
Wrote /bigdisk/jpff/RMAIL
30 new messages read
Making completion list...

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==John ffitch