Re: Can I specify a spool file to read from?

["Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Excerpts from mail: (04-Apr-96) Re: Can I specify a spool file to read from? by Shane Holder
>>>>>> "Shane" == Shane Holder <holder@mailhost.rsn.hp.com> writes:
Shane> How can I set up a nnml group that reads mail from a spool file that I
Shane> specify.

>>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
Lars> I think this is covered quite well in the manual. You put the split
Lars> mail in a file that has the same name as the group.spool in the spool
Lars> directory. Like. RTM.

Shane>  I did RTM :) , and that's "like" not what I want to do. :-)
Shane> 
Shane> I've got mail going to several spool files now, I split out things
Shane> like list mail, and automated mail, and they go to the spool
Shane> directory, and end up with an extention of .spool. I want mail that is
Shane> sent to me to end up in the standard place $MAIL, so this would
Shane> require me to specify a spool file for a specific group.

I believe it's not currently possible, but I really think it should be! The
".spool" requirement is rather aggravating for me as well. Plus, I would like
the ability to have one group read from *multiple* spool files. Even RMAIL
can do this (via M-x set-rmail-inbox-list)!

Red Gnus feature request: Lars, would you consider adding support for a spool
file *group parameter*, so we can specify whatever input spool files we want,
in whatever directories we want, and however many spool files we want for a
specific group? This group parameter should override any Gnus variable
related to this issue.

Thanks,
Ed