From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/56329 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark Plaksin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [Q]: ~/Mail directory Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:41:22 -0500 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076359310 8047 80.91.224.253 (9 Feb 2004 20:41:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M4869@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Feb 09 21:41:42 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AqIDt-000507-00 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:41:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AqIDj-00006y-00; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:41:31 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AqIDf-00006t-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:41:27 -0600 Original-Received: from iris.bor.usg.edu (iris.bor.usg.edu [198.72.70.185]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DD83A0260 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:41:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from grapes.rath.peachnet.edu (grapes.rath.peachnet.edu [198.72.70.68]) by iris.bor.usg.edu (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i19KfNb22637 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:41:23 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from water.tss.usg.edu (water.tss.usg.edu [168.24.245.33]) by grapes.rath.peachnet.edu (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i19KfMf04863 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:41:23 -0500 (EST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Xavier Maillard's message of "Mon, 09 Feb 2004 09:12:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-USG-MailScanner: Found to be clean Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56329 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56329 Xavier Maillard writes: > Hello all, > > I have a question about ~/Mail directory and its creation. > > Given the fact I don't use it and have deleted it from my system > several times, how can this directory appear again ? I set the following before starting Gnus so it doesn't create or write to ~/Mail: ;; Main Gnus directory (setq gnus-directory "~/src/mail") ;; Directory Gnus buffers will be in (setq gnus-default-directory "~/src/mail") ;; Where to put the dribble file (setq gnus-dribble-directory "~/src/mail") ;; Set directory for message (setq message-directory "~/src/mail")