Re: How to get mail from localhost?

[Sharon Kimble]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
> I've been looking at various sites today but haven't seen anything
> which would allow me to got local-hosts system-mail, from
> '/var/mail/boudiccas'. How can I do it please? What should I put in my
> '.gnus.el' please?

Take a look at the variable mail-sources - the default is to get it from
the local machine:

,----[ C-h v mail-sources RET ]
| mail-sources is a variable defined in `mail-source.el'.
| Its value is ((file))
| 
| Documentation:
| Where the mail backends will look for incoming mail.
| This variable is a list of mail source specifiers.
| See Info node `(gnus)Mail Source Specifiers'.
`----

How did you set up your select methods?

I did it by trial and error with stuff I found on the internet, not the best way
but I haven't found a one-site fits all GNUs site yet.

Thanks about the 'mail-source', I'm now investigating it.

Sharon.


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