read mail in mbox files
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 ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
Re: read mail in mbox files
Thanks for the comments. On 18 Gen, 14:35, pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) wrote: ernest nfdi...@gmail.com writes: 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? Perhaps yes. But it's not recommended. Gnus does not use any locking like sendmail or procmail, so whenever new mail arrives at the same time as Gnus is working on the mbox, you'll get problems. What backend do I need? I'd say I don't even want a backend, because I don't want to copy mail anywhere! You can use the mbox backend and tell procmail to save all incoming messages in ~/.mail/*.spool. Then you set (setq mail-sources '((file) (directory :path ~/.mail)) and you'll get mbox files in ~/Mail for every spool file in ~/.mail Just be sure, that only Gnus works on the files in ~/Mail. 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. Cheers. Ernest ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
Re: read mail in mbox files
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
