From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/78408 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: david.goldberg6@verizon.net (Dave Goldberg) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: mail-sources versus select-methods Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:08:36 -0400 Message-ID: <84r59emi8b.fsf@davestoy.home> References: <87lizv5ro9.fsf@bifteki.lan> <84r59mncl0.fsf@davestoy.home> <84oc4n5ysz.fsf@davestoy.home> <9239lxm0lr.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> <84y63o4bg3.fsf@davestoy.home> <844o6bnioj.fsf@davestoy.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1302174567 29159 80.91.229.12 (7 Apr 2011 11:09:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:09:27 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M26711@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Apr 07 13:09:23 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7n5W-0007VU-N5 for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:09:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7n5D-0007KF-5f; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:09:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7n5C-0007K5-5u for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7n5B-0002uK-Cy for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7n5A-00043t-6T for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:09:00 +0200 Original-Received: from davestoy.home.verizon.net ([unknown] [173.48.216.252]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LJA00M1L4A7V0C0@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:08:32 -0500 (CDT) X-Face: W!bie|rYVd43O:2CkHTb*~s5}Yzx30X<@6Tq_bnP56Hp!xX4sVl4tgYRirjRcke\wfY!JJ9 i?]VIUJicJzq2\!3%7$5R%wi!R[.]Va97q In-reply-to: (Richard Riley's message of "Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:45:30 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110016 (No Gnus v0.16) XEmacs/21.4.22 (linux) X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:78408 Archived-At: >> mail-sources set at home for my POP server, but I've been set up that way since >> September Gnus (and maybe even earlier though I am pretty sure I was still using >> mh-e back in those days). > So I guess my original Q stands. Take a look at nnmail.el, particularly nnmail-get-new-mail-1. Ultimately whether you specify your mail source with mail-sources or a group specifier, it all ends up in the same code. Although it wasn't my original understanding of the question, I still say it makes no difference, other than style. -- Dave Goldberg david.goldberg6@verizon.net