Re: Gnus Access mail spool by ssh

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Helmut Waitzmann <Helmut.Waitzmann@studserv.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> >  getmail.sh script 
> >
> >  #!/bin/sh 
> >  MOVEMAIL=/usr/lib/emacs/20.5/i386-redhat-linux-gnu/movemail
> >  TMP=/home/reader/spool/backup/lap.tmp
> >  MAIL=/home/reader/spool/backup/lap.sp
> >  if [ -s $MAIL ];then 
> >  rm -f $TMP;$MOVEMAIL $MAIL $TMP >/dev/null && cat $TMP
> >  fi
> 
> And now, imagine:  Movemail has just moved your mail to $TMP, when
> the connection breaks.  So cat won't be able to send you your
> mail.  The next time you fetch mail, your old $TMP file will be
> deleted and your mail will be gone...

Good point, maybe this is a little safer..:

#!/bin/sh 
MOVEMAIL=/usr/lib/emacs/20.5/i386-redhat-linux-gnu/movemail
TMP=/home/reader/spool/backup/lap.tmp
MAIL=/home/reader/spool/backup/lap.sp
if [ -s $TMP ];then
exit 1
else 
$MOVEMAIL $MAIL $TMP >/dev/null && cat $TMP && rm -f $TMP
fi

Then at least I can check it out before anything is deleted.

How can I change this (or the mail-source prescript) so that gnus tells
me if something untoward happens?