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Re: read mail in mbox files
From: |
Richard Riley |
Subject: |
Re: read mail in mbox files |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:28:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:51:54 +0100, Richard wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> A "(news)spool" in news-related terms is usually where the articles are
> stored in a newsserver (the meaning used here).
>
> A mail-spool is usually where mail is stored locally until the user
> fetches it (/var/mail or /var/spool/mail).
>
> In the documentation nnml is described as the backend that most closely
> resembles a newsspool, so that is probably where the choice of word
> comes from. And perhaps also some of the confusion.
I think in the context it's incorrect but wouldnt put my mortgage on it
...
nnml-directory is not a spool really : the var/spool source is.
And checking values now, I see, and amazingly confusing, that
,----
| Its value is "~/.emacs.d/Mail/archive"
`----
How I dont know as I set
(setq nnml-directory "~/Mail")
bah ;) I need to start all over again ...
- Re: read mail in mbox files, (continued)
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Adam Sjøgren, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/19
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/19
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Peter Münster, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Leonidas Tsampros, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Adam Sjøgren, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files,
Richard Riley <=
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Adam Sjøgren, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Glyn Millington, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/18
- Re: read mail in mbox files, Glyn Millington, 2011/01/18
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- Re: read mail in mbox files, Richard Riley, 2011/01/19
Re: read mail in mbox files, Peter Münster, 2011/01/18