On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:28:23 +0100, Richard wrote: > a...@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
>> 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. The content of nnml-directory is similar to a newsSPOOL - from which Gnus historically has been (and is) able to read directly, when pointed at it. The manual says: ,----[ 6.3.13.11 Comparing Mail Back Ends - http://gnus.org/manual/gnus_202.html#SEC202 ] | | nnml is the back end which smells the most as though you were actually | operating with an nnspool-accessed Usenet system. (In fact, I believe | nnml actually derived from nnspool code, lo these years ago.) One's mail | is taken from the original spool file, and is then cut up into | individual message files, 1:1. It maintains a Usenet-style active file | (analogous to what one finds in an INN- or CNews-based news system in | (for instance) `/var/lib/news/active', or what is returned via the `NNTP | LIST' verb) and also creates overview files for efficient group entry, | as has been defined for NNTP servers for some years now. It is slower in | mail-splitting, due to the creation of lots of files, updates to the | nnml active file, and additions to overview files on a per-message | basis, but it is extremely fast on access because of what amounts to the | indexing support provided by the active file and overviews. | `---- 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