Harry Putnam writes: > Alberto Luaces <[email protected]> writes: > >> Thank you, Harry. It seems I got confused with the name >> "nnmbox". Following your instructions (G-f) and creating a nndoc server >> that point to my system mail (/var/mail/${USER}) works fine. In >> addition, I restarted gnus and the group was still there, so maybe this >> is enough for me. > > It wasn't clear in your original post the the mbox file you were after > was actually your system mail box. In that case, most of us who read > our mail regularly with gnus would have gnus slurp that mail regularly > and present it with gnus, in what ever backend we prefer...
My fault. I was not aware that system mail followed that convention of the users emptying their mailboxes when reading them. > Getting gnus to slurp your system mail box requires something like > this: > > (setq mail-sources > '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/reader"))) > > But once gnus slurps it, the system mailbox is then empty... not like > using G-f (nndoc). And the messages are stored under ~/News in format > of your choosing. > > You'll need to study gnus manual a bit more to understand how to make > gnus present you mail in a way you like. > > I've used the nnml backend for yrs... others prefer nnmaildir, or etc. > > There are several more to choose from, but nnml is one of the most > versatile. Any of them can be found in the gnus manual. Thanks again! Indeed, the manual is so comprehensive that I find new things every time I read it with a new pointer. -- Alberto _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
