Re: procmail/gnus problem?

[Nick Papadonis <nick@coelacanth.com>]

Thanks Nevin,

This worked... i ended up respooling most of my mail because I messed
my directories.  Who knows if switching over to procmail was
productive in any way.

This brings up the question, why does the FAQ say to insert the
following in the startup file? :
(setq
 gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml ""))
 nnmail-spool-file 'procmail
 nnmail-procmail-directory "~/incoming/"
 nnmail-delete-incoming t
)

Should the maintainer be contacted?  Is the previous valid and I made a
mistake?

- Nick

>>>>> "Nevin" == Nevin Kapur <nkapur@bellatlantic.net> writes:

>>>>> "NP" == Nick Papadonis <nick@sturgeon.coelacanth.com> writes:
    NP> Recently I set up procmail, and attempted to change the gnus
    NP> startup file to import my procmail directory.  I added the
    NP> following: (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml ""))
    NP> nnmail-spool-file 'procmail nnmail-procmail-directory
    NP> "~/incoming/" nnmail-delete-incoming t )

    Nevin> Here is the relevant portion of my procmail setup. I think
    Nevin> you might be using some obsolete variables.

    Nevin> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")) ; Incoming
    Nevin> Mail nnml-get-new-mail t mail-sources '((directory :path
    Nevin> "~/.spool/" :suffix "")))

    NP> My mailing lists are spooled into ~/incoming/ and have
    NP> extensions like 'list.gnus.spool'.

    Nevin> You should change the path and suffix parameter
    Nevin> accordingly.

    NP> I thought they would be imported to -> list.gnus, etc...

    Nevin> Yes. This is what will happen.  -- Nevin


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.. Nick Papadonis