Re: storing messages into an mbox file

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>]

On Apr 29 2015, lee <lee@yagibdah.de> wrote:
>>> how can I move messages into an mbox file (which I will use for
>>> spamassassin to learn once there are enough messages in it)?
>>
>> O m runs the command gnus-summary-save-article-mail, which is an
>> interactive compiled Lisp function in `gnus-sum.el'.
>>
>> It is bound to C-o, O m, <menu-bar> <Article> <Output> <Save in Unix mail
>> format...>.
>>
>> (gnus-summary-save-article-mail &optional ARG)
>>
>> Append the current article to a Unix mail box file.
>> If N is a positive number, save the N next articles.
>> If N is a negative number, save the N previous articles.
>> If N is nil and any articles have been marked with the process mark,
>> save those articles instead.
>
> Thank you!  It works, though it isn't too great because it's asking for
> each and every article where to save it rather than saving all articles
> that are marked with the process mark to the same file.  It also leaves
> to delete the save articles afterwards.
>
> Isn't there a better way to do this?

Certainly, just set gnus-prompt-before-saving to something other than
'always.

Best,
-Nikolaus

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