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. Best regards, Adam -- "Här kommer rädslan, gamle vän Adam Sjøgren När alla fjärilar i magen vaknar upp a...@koldfront.dk Viskar välkommen hem" _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
