Re: storing messages into an mbox file

[asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)]

lee writes:

> They appear to be in single files named "Incoming*" and not in an mbox
> file.

The ~/Mail/Incoming* files are copies of email that Gnus has imported -
these are generated by development versions of Gnus as a safety feature
in case email is lost due to a new bug:

,----[ C-h v mail-source-delete-incoming RET ]
| mail-source-delete-incoming is a variable defined in `mail-source.el'.
| Its value is 10
| 
| Documentation:
| If non-nil, delete incoming files after handling.
| If t, delete immediately, if nil, never delete.  If a positive number, delete
| files older than number of days.
| 
| Removing of old files happens in `mail-source-callback', i.e. no
| old incoming files will be deleted unless you receive new mail.
| You may also set this variable to nil and call
| `mail-source-delete-old-incoming' interactively.
`----

(I don't think they are related to your task at hand.)

> Sometimes gnus is really awful --- if I can't do this without creating
> unremovable groups and great fuss, perhaps it's time to use a different
> MUA.

It is always good to reevaluate your options and choose the tool that
suits you the best.

> As much as I like gnus, it always has quirks like this which make life
> extremely difficult, and I really don't have time for this.

Then you certainly shouldn't spend it.

> You can't even have more than one account without messing everything
> up badly, and all sorts of deleted stuff remains forever :(

Multiple accounts work fine for me; I use spam.el to train my
spam-filter of choice (crm114) [note however that spam.el isn't trivial
to set up, as it is _very_ generalized], but email *is* a very personal
thing, and everybody wants it handled in a different way.

Best of luck in finding something that works for you!


  Best regards,

    Adam

-- 
 "Where there's a will, there's a won't"                      Adam Sjøgren
                                                         asjo@koldfront.dk