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Subject: Re: Setting Status header in nnml?
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Justin Sheehy <justin@linus.mitre.org> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm wondering about the feasibility of an idea:  could Gnus set the
> > `Status:' header to some sort of meaningful value(s) in the actual
> > message files when using the nnml back end?  This way, some external
> > (i.e., non-Gnus) software could interrogate the new/read/unread/etc.
> > status of email in the various nnml directories I'm using.
> > 
> > This would also be nice within the other back ends, as well, such as
> > nnfolder ... but perhaps this is already done in some of these ... ???
> 
> Well, that information already exists.  For example, you could just
> parse the ~/.newsrc.eld file.

I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that ... :):)

> Using Status headers in the way you describe might be possible, but
> would be really expensive.  For instance, if you did a catchup on a
> group with many articles, Gnus would have to open each file and modify 
> it.  This could take a really long time.

Yeah ... I know.  But perhaps this capbility could be an option for those
of us who want to pay the price in processing time.  The default behavior
could be the same as what we have today.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com