Re: mail-sources backend specific?

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> nnmaildir does not use nnoo, and its server parameters are not
>> prefixed with "nnmaildir-".  It does not use global variables to
>> represent its server parameters.  So there is no problem here:
>
> Well, err, it sounds as if the mail-sources trick wouldn't work for
> nnmaildir in that case.

It's not such a big deal for that particular variable, since you can
safely deliver messages directly to nnmaildir groups.

> Oh!  There is already a mechanism for local variables -- the
> buffers.  So do people think it would work to set the variables local
> to the right buffers?

What buffer is nnchoke-request-scan called from?  That's where
mail-sources will be used, I think.

> Complicated.  I don't like it.  But I think it's just the current
> design.  Is there a chance for making it more sane?

I still think the situation could be greatly improved by moving the
work of nnmail-get-new-mail out of backends and into Gnus proper.  It
would be a lot of work, but it could be done with minimal changes to
existing configurations while enabling all the flexibility we'd like.


paul