Phillip Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It will all go horrible wrong if you do this. If you are already > running an Emacs, I presume that you want to read in batch because > emacs hangs while reading?
Yes, although I actually use fetchmail for mails and leafnode for news. But I'm searching for a solution where I can't manage to have these tools installed. > In which case, you might want to use the gnus-demon instead which > will read in the idle cycle. But it'll anyway stop emacs from accepting user input. > You might also want to look at the nnmaildir backend which is > supposed to cope with concurrent modification. Never tried it, > although I mean to at some time. Interesting. I use it with a remote path (`/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc..../'). Is this property of coping with concurrency valid also for the corresponding gnus backend nnmaildir? Thanks for your help, Andrea. -- `To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems' --Homer J. Simpson _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
