On 18 Gen, 15:48, pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) wrote: > ernest <nfdi...@gmail.com> writes: > > If I understand correctly, this will copy the "spool" files in ~/.mail > > to ~/Mail, and leave everything in ~/.mail unchanged. This is not > > exactly what I wanted though. > > > The idea is that mbox being an open format one would say it > > should be possible to use the same mailboxes with different MUAs, > > for instance mutt and gnus, at the same time (maybe not > > simultaneously, ok, but you get the idea). In theory it should be > > easy, but in practice it is not. > > No problem if you don't use the 2 MUAs simultaneously and you don't use > the incoming spools. The only problem with Gnus is the locking, that's > why it uses some "movemail" program that locks correctly and saves the > incoming email somewhere at $HOME. > > At least 2 options: > > 1.) > /var/mail/user -> ~/.mail/*.spool with procmail > ~/.mail/*.spool -> ~/Mail/* with Gnus > Managing ~/Mail/* with Gnus or mutt, but not at the same time. > > 2.) Use maildir: no locking problems. > /var/mail/user -> ~/Mail/... with procmail > Managing ~/Mail/... with Gnus or mutt, or both at the same time!
Ah, I think I finally got it! First, I switched to maildir. Then I put this in .gnus.el: (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmaildir "" (directory "~/Mail/")))) Started gnus, hit L, and the maildir folders appeared right there. Still need some adjustments, but I'm definitely on the right track :) Thanks to everyone. Cheers, Ernest _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english