[email protected] (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 ... _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
