* Re: Incomingxxxxx files in Mail directory [not found] ` <yegipresddv.fsf@vaso.ll.iac.es> @ 2011-07-07 8:43 ` Eric S Fraga 2011-07-07 9:32 ` Tassilo Horn 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Eric S Fraga @ 2011-07-07 8:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ding angelv@iac.es writes: > Hi, > > Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> writes: >> If you set it to the following in gnus.el, those incoming files will >> be deleted in 1 day(you can change it to any number). If you want to >> delete it immediately, change the value to t. >> >> ;;if retrieving from spool, delete temp file after 1 days >> (setq mail-source-delete-incoming 1) > > Thanks, I had the default of 10 days, so lots of files were gathering in > there, but now I have changed it to 2 days and all should be fine. > > Thanks a lot, I had the same; can anybody suggest why a setting of immediate deletion might not be a good idea? Is there any reason to keep these files around at all? Thanks, eric -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 + No Gnus v0.18 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Incomingxxxxx files in Mail directory 2011-07-07 8:43 ` Incomingxxxxx files in Mail directory Eric S Fraga @ 2011-07-07 9:32 ` Tassilo Horn 2011-07-07 9:46 ` Eric S Fraga 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Tassilo Horn @ 2011-07-07 9:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ding Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes: Hi Eric, > I had the same; can anybody suggest why a setting of immediate > deletion might not be a good idea? Is there any reason to keep these > files around at all? Is paranoia a good reason? ,----[ (info "(gnus)Gnus Development") ] | Some variable defaults differ between alpha Gnusae and released | Gnusae, in particular, `mail-source-delete-incoming'. This is to | prevent lossage of mail if an alpha release hiccups while handling the | mail. *Note Mail Source Customization::. `---- Bye, Tassilo -- Sent from my Emacs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Incomingxxxxx files in Mail directory 2011-07-07 9:32 ` Tassilo Horn @ 2011-07-07 9:46 ` Eric S Fraga 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Eric S Fraga @ 2011-07-07 9:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ding Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes: > Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes: > > Hi Eric, > >> I had the same; can anybody suggest why a setting of immediate >> deletion might not be a good idea? Is there any reason to keep these >> files around at all? > > Is paranoia a good reason? Now *this* is a loaded question ;-) > ,----[ (info "(gnus)Gnus Development") ] > | Some variable defaults differ between alpha Gnusae and released > | Gnusae, in particular, `mail-source-delete-incoming'. This is to > | prevent lossage of mail if an alpha release hiccups while handling the > | mail. *Note Mail Source Customization::. > `---- Thanks. Makes sense. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 + No Gnus v0.18 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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