Richard Riley <rile...@googlemail.com> writes: > ernest <nfdi...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> This is my setup: I use fetchmail to get mail from >> different POP/IMAP servers, then split the incoming >> mail with procmail into different mbox files in ~/Mail. >> What I'd like is gnus to work directly on these mbox >> files. Is this possible? What backend do I need? >> I'd say I don't even want a backend, because I don't >> want to copy mail anywhere! >> Frankly, I'm a bit confused :/ >> Cheers, >> Ernest > > You're not alone! This is *probably* the nnml backend. > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnml "nnml")) > > That said I dont know for sure ;) > > I mention it because the default is ~/Mail. > > But a point : despite using Gnus for a few years now I am not clear > on what "incoming mail" means in the context. Possibly it looks in > /var/spool/mail. But since your mail is already there, I dunno. > > Best of luck!
If I understand correctly 'incoming mail' in this context means that Gnus will use ~/Mail as a directory from which he will get and 'digest' email to the selected mail (nnml) backend. I remember experimenting with these two here: (setq mail-source-delete-incoming t) (setq mail-sources '((directory :path "~/Mail" :suffix ""))) Setting the suffix Gnus will digest only the mbox-es with that suffix in the filename. As long as mail-source-delete-incoming is nil, I think you are safe (as the original mbox-es will be intact). That said (to the OP), in order to get Gnus read your ~/Mail directly, you will have to use the nnfolder backend I think. I'm sure I have tried successfully the nnfolder sometime in the past as I had the exact same setup as yours. Don't forget to BACKUP your email. I bear no responsibility etc etc. Ultimately I ended up with nnml+fancy splitting+mail sources removing procmail from the equation completely. I think that I ended up with a much more versatile setup. Best Regards Leonidas Tsampros _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english