Re: read mail in mbox files

[Richard Riley]

Gary <gnus@garydjones.name> writes:

> Funny. I didn't see the OP. Anyway...
>
> Richard Riley wrote:
>> ernest <nfdisco@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> This is my setup: I use fetchmail to get mail from
>>> different POP/IMAP servers, then split the incoming
>>> mail with procmail into different mbox files in ~/Mail.
>>> What I'd like is gnus to work directly on these mbox
>>> files. Is this possible? What backend do I need?
>>> I'd say I don't even want a backend, because I don't
>>> want to copy mail anywhere!
>
>> You're not alone! This is *probably* the nnml backend.
>>
>>    (setq gnus-select-method '(nnml "nnml"))
>>
>> That said I dont know for sure ;)
>
> I asked something similar before, but never really got anything that
> worked so asked on the other gnus list (basically, the dev
> list). Leonidas Tsampros said the following:
>
> ,----[ Leonidas Tsampros ]
> | My primary select methos is a local university nntp server we have and
> | as the secondary methods I have the following:
> | 
> | (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")
> |                                       (nnimap "10.6.0.20")))
> | 
> | Then I have these in my .conf:
> | 
> | (setq nnml-directory "~/Mail.Gnus")

Q: My setting is:

,----
| nnml-directory is a variable defined in `nnml.el'.
| Its value is "~/.emacs.d/Mail/"
| 
| Documentation:
| Spool directory for the nnml mail backend.
| 
| This is a Gnus server variable.  See Info node `(gnus)Select Methods'.
`----

Why is this a "spool" directory?

The word "spool" is throwing me. I thought "spool" meant it was spooled
to you and then stored in a backend .. like nnml.