From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, NICE_REPLY_C,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29884 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2021 18:00:15 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2021 18:00:15 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mAyi6-0083tt-8X for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:00:14 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mAyi5-00Cx6q-Nl for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:00:13 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mAyi5-00Cx6l-3B for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:00:13 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mAyi3-00FkBe-3r for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:00:12 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References :Message-ID:Date:Subject:From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=u/r4xVkcV3pr2aSpG4kydTJKl4Z/ZFpPdKNvDPWJo5k=; b=WacOJB7YIlSIfabWSG9V3uMyQH +IoJUpX9RYNd68r2tG1G95M0XZbkLepFUZkDcWEb9+Q7tunMHv7oINOLAilTtwyy1q62G6M9x6WCe QHlU94HR0mGsXE+grmcaDFGFXSU6wSY2NP1bCyvlAagFIBL1JF7WUvPX+xLuvE/EjldI=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mAyhw-00084Q-KG for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:00:06 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mAyhu-0009fR-28 for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:00:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Pankaj Jangid Subject: Re: Difference between nnmail- and gnus- variables? Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 23:29:03 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87v94msauy.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GvktiDOUKLky6z4zAclGwf5d2Rw= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Pankaj Jangid writes: > >> I want to understand the nomenclature. What is the difference between >> ‘nnml-’ and similar ‘gnus-’ variables? > > In OO terms, nnmail.el can be thought of as an abstract parent class for > all backends belonging to the "store messages as files on disk" type of > server. It provides settings and functions that are used in common by > nnml, nnmbox, nnmaildir, etc. This clarifies a lot of things for me. Especially, it is now clear that this won’t work in my case. Because I am using IMAP. > In this particular case, though, `nnmail-list-identifiers' is only used > within `nnmail-remove-list-identifiers', which isn't actually called by > Gnus anywhere, it's just provided as a function that you could > potentially use as part of the `nnmail-prepare-incoming-header-hook'. > See the "Washing Mail" section of the manual. > > The `gnus-' version, by contrast, gets called automatically as part of > message display. Thanks or all the information.