From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/81400 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Marks are going to be removed from Ma Gnus Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:18:50 +0100 Message-ID: <878vk3nyo5.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87ipjbhitf.fsf@gnus.org> <87zkckay45.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329369596 31841 80.91.229.3 (16 Feb 2012 05:19:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:19:56 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M29680@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Feb 16 06:19:52 2012 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 1Rxtl1-0004RD-Qn for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:19:51 +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 1RxtkM-0005Co-Bb; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:19:10 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RxtkK-0005Ce-Rp for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:19:08 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RxtkG-0008LS-2X for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:19:08 -0600 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RxtkE-0001O4-M5 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:19:02 +0100 Original-Received: from 93-41-188-50.ip82.fastwebnet.it ([93.41.188.50] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rxtk4-0000iy-Ma for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:18:52 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87zkckay45.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (Reiner Steib's message of "Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:56:58 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130004 (Ma Gnus v0.4) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1Rxtk4-0000iy-Ma MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1329974333.84877@wKg/dwuppl9JGUB/DiCngA X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:81400 Archived-At: Reiner Steib writes: >> I've never understood the point of having marks in nnml, nnfolder and >> nntp. Other than "oo, the .newsrc.eld file is so scary". > > Well, the arguments mentioned in (info "(gnus)Mail Spool") seem > reasonable, at least for nnfolder and nnml. Yeah, they're reasonable, but not altogether compelling. Especially when looking at the amount of code and the persistent bugs... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Sent from my Rome