Re: read mail in mbox files

[Peter Münster]

ernest <nfdisco@gmail.com> writes:

> If I understand correctly, this will copy the "spool" files in ~/.mail
> to ~/Mail, and leave everything in ~/.mail unchanged. This is not
> exactly what I wanted though.
>
> The idea is that mbox being an open format one would say it
> should be possible to use the same mailboxes with different MUAs,
> for instance mutt and gnus, at the same time (maybe not
> simultaneously, ok, but you get the idea). In theory it should be
> easy, but in practice it is not.

No problem if you don't use the 2 MUAs simultaneously and you don't use
the incoming spools. The only problem with Gnus is the locking, that's
why it uses some "movemail" program that locks correctly and saves the
incoming email somewhere at $HOME.

At least 2 options:

1.)
/var/mail/user   ->   ~/.mail/*.spool  with procmail
~/.mail/*.spool  ->   ~/Mail/*         with Gnus
Managing ~/Mail/* with Gnus or mutt, but not at the same time.

2.) Use maildir: no locking problems.
/var/mail/user   ->   ~/Mail/...       with procmail
Managing ~/Mail/... with Gnus or mutt, or both at the same time!


(untested, I use nnml and only 1 MUA)

Cheers, Peter

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