From: Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com>
Subject: Re: nnmail-tmp-directory
Date: 05 Feb 1999 10:56:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80g18kx2su.fsf@tma-1.sightpath.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33e4pk9as.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
>
> > I would word the definition more like, a temp directory is a place I put
> > files that will be deleted when I am done frobnicating them. This is how
> > nnmail-tmp-directory was used. This is how mail-source-directory is
> > currently being used, which is why I suggested the name change.
>
> But the Incoming* files are files that are pre-frobnicated. They are
> guaranteed not to be subjected to more frobnification once they land
> there...
So, shall we rename it? To rename or not to rename!
All these Incoming* files showing up in my ~/Mail directory are a
nuisance. But I don't want to point mail-source-directory at my
~/tmp for fear of missing announcements of future uses of
mail-source-directory.
M.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-02-05 15:56 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <m3g18ulvk4.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1999-01-29 16:40 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Edward J. Sabol
[not found] ` <m3d83xogvj.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1999-02-01 20:51 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <m3vhhl4tmq.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1999-02-01 23:12 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-02-05 15:56 ` Michael Cook [this message]
1999-02-07 17:25 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Justin Sheehy
1999-02-01 23:18 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Kai.Grossjohann
1999-01-28 17:10 nnmail-tmp-directory Michael Cook
1999-01-28 17:42 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Peter von der Ahé
1999-01-28 18:09 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Michael Cook
1999-01-28 19:57 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-01-28 20:33 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Edward J. Sabol
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-01-26 17:06 nnmail-tmp-directory Linus Nordberg
[not found] ` <m3vhht52qg.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1999-01-26 18:31 ` nnmail-tmp-directory Linus Nordberg
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