From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/85462 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus attempting to move mail from /var/spool/mail Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:42:42 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <871tn1pee5.fsf@reader.local.lan> References: <87wq4x9t32.fsf@reader.local.lan> <878uhdqh2e.fsf@uwo.ca> <874ms0r89p.fsf@reader.local.lan> <87ppanvk18.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1420987406 29815 80.91.229.3 (11 Jan 2015 14:43:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:43:26 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M33704@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Jan 11 15:43:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YAJjb-00081Z-4U for ding-account@gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:43:19 +0100 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 1YAJjJ-00073o-Co; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:43:01 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1YAJjI-00073e-9H for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:43:00 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YAJjG-0007yc-DY for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:42:59 -0600 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YAJjE-0004CJ-97 for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:42:56 +0100 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YAJjC-0007uj-GY for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:42:54 +0100 Original-Received: from c-76-97-127-193.hsd1.ga.comcast.net ([76.97.127.193]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:42:54 +0100 Original-Received: from reader by c-76-97-127-193.hsd1.ga.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:42:54 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-76-97-127-193.hsd1.ga.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:837JHzcsoMnYbekotlXbi/14sGA= X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:85462 Archived-At: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes: > Harry writes: > >> I have to say that it seems surprising to have to set a specific nil >> rather than having to set a particular method of retrieval. > > These days it is probably surprising to default to getting your local > mail. > > In ye olde days, it was less so. > >> I mean, gnus main claim to fame is that it is the absolute best >> newsreader, bar none. It seems like it should not default to >> collecting mail. But not a big deal and many thanks for the good tip. > > I defaults to fetch local mail *only if you ask it to store email for you* > - which seems kind of sensical, no? > > (Yes, I actually just tested this.) OK, yup that does sound more `sensical'.