From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/79400 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Incomingxxxxx files in Mail directory Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:32:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87oc164erq.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: <878vsbc4hr.fsf@azurservers.com> <82fwmiajdv.fsf@gmail.com> <8739iitr9v.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310031176 25884 80.91.229.12 (7 Jul 2011 09:32:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:32:56 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M27696@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Jul 07 11:32:53 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qekwy-0006MH-25 for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:32:48 +0200 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 1Qekwv-0007Au-Do; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:32:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Qekwu-0007Al-GJ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:32:44 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Qekwt-00087X-Jc for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:32:44 -0500 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qekws-0001Aj-3p for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:32:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B44D24F6 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:32:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EgITuEX7a2EF for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:32:41 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6628ED24F5 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:32:41 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <8739iitr9v.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:43:24 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:79400 Archived-At: Eric S Fraga 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