From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Possible FAQ entry: How do I archive/restore my (nnml) mail?
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:51:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iluu1ytjkfm.fsf@barbar.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vaflmk5dzjx.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:21:22 +0200")
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> I think it's mrk not mkr?
>
> Also, is `recursively' right here? For example, if I have a group
> nnml:foo and another group nnml:foo.bar, and if I want to archive the
> nnml:foo group, then I want to tar up all the files in ~/Mail/foo, but
> not the ~/Mail/foo/bar subdir.
>
> And finally, IMVHO the middle sentence looks a bit clumsy. What do
> you think about something along the lines of the following, err,
> lines?
>
> For `nnfolder' you need to copy both the base folder file itself
> (FOO, say), and the marks file (FOO.mrk in this example).
>
> Of course, these are just nitpicks. I like the section.
Thanks, I added your suggestions, and changed `recursively' into `copy
all files' or something like that. Do you think it is better now?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-27 20:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-26 18:26 Rob Browning
2001-08-26 21:17 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-26 23:38 ` Paul Jarc
2001-08-27 16:59 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-27 20:21 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-27 20:51 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
2001-08-28 19:53 ` Kai Großjohann
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