From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/85460 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam =?utf-8?Q?Sj=C3=B8gren?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus attempting to move mail from /var/spool/mail Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:19:47 +0100 Organization: koldfront - analysis & revolution, Copenhagen, Denmark Message-ID: <87ppanvk18.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> References: <87wq4x9t32.fsf@reader.local.lan> <878uhdqh2e.fsf@uwo.ca> <874ms0r89p.fsf@reader.local.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1420831226 18668 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2015 19:20:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 19:20:26 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M33702@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Jan 09 20:20:17 2015 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 1Y9f6S-0003Bm-KD for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:20:13 +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 1Y9f6P-0006r6-M2; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:20:09 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9f6O-0006qt-IW for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:20:08 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9f6N-000089-AG for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:20:08 -0600 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9f6L-0007jo-M1 for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:20:05 +0100 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9f6J-000342-3j for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:20:03 +0100 Original-Received: from 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk ([89.150.142.116]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:20:03 +0100 Original-Received: from asjo by 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:20:03 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2505ds5-by.0.fullrate.dk OpenPGP: id=49D0746121BDE416; url=http://asjo.koldfront.dk/gpg.asc Mail-Follow-Up-To: never X-Now-Playing: DR P1 X-Face: )qY&CseJ?.:=8F#^~GcSA?F=9eu'{KAFfL1C3/A&:nE?PW\i65"ba0NS)97,Q(^@xk}n4Ou rPuR#V8I(J_@~H($[ym:`K_+]*kjvW>xH5jbgLBVFGXY:(#4P>zVBklLbdL&XxL\M)%T}3S/IS9lMJ ^St'=VZBR Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:85460 Archived-At: Harry writes: > I have to say that it seems surprising to have to set a specific nil > rather than having to set a particular method of retrieval. These days it is probably surprising to default to getting your local mail. In ye olde days, it was less so. > I mean, gnus main claim to fame is that it is the absolute best > newsreader, bar none. It seems like it should not default to > collecting mail. But not a big deal and many thanks for the good tip. I defaults to fetch local mail *only if you ask it to store email for you* - which seems kind of sensical, no? (Yes, I actually just tested this.) Best regards, Adam -- "It's such a sadness, that you think you've seen a Adam Sjøgren film on your fucking telephone. Get real." asjo@koldfront.dk