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From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Incomingxxxxx files in Mail directory
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:46:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fwmis9sw.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oc164erq.fsf@member.fsf.org> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:32:41 +0200")

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



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     [not found]     ` <yegipresddv.fsf@vaso.ll.iac.es>
2011-07-07  8:43       ` Eric S Fraga
2011-07-07  9:32         ` Tassilo Horn
2011-07-07  9:46           ` Eric S Fraga [this message]

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