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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: POP3 UIDL - pop3-leave-mail-on-server
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:29:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bp1bc6td.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vczjyw6n.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> I guess you are referring to mail-sources?

Yes.

> If so, this is where I get completely confused between select methods,
> mail sources, etc. and I worry about screwing up my (so far) working
> configuration.
>
> Given that I have a number of folders already (with multiple imap and
> nttp servers), some of which were defined using
> gnus-secondary-select-methods and others directly in the server buffer,
> what is the easiest/cleanest way in which to add a new server which uses
> pop?

You typically set `mail-sources' to something that contains a pop3
source.  The manual explains.  One of you mail backends will then slurp
in the mail from that source.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen




  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-16 17:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <87ipvwl1nx.wl%claudio.bley@gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <m3fwqyanyn.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
     [not found]   ` <87hbbewr7o.wl%claudio.bley@gmail.com>
     [not found]     ` <m3mxl6otuo.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
     [not found]       ` <87ei6g0yph.wl%claudio.bley@gmail.com>
     [not found]         ` <m3hbbcm128.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
2011-03-10  8:54           ` POP3 UIDL - pop3-leave-mail-on-server (was: [PATCH] GnuTLS support on Woe32) Reiner Steib
2011-03-15 16:08             ` POP3 UIDL - pop3-leave-mail-on-server Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-15 17:49               ` chad
2011-03-15 20:54               ` Eric S Fraga
2011-03-15 21:16                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-16 14:30                   ` Eric S Fraga
2011-03-16 17:29                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-03-16 18:51                       ` Eric S Fraga
2012-10-01 11:36             ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2012-10-05  9:38               ` Katsumi Yamaoka

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