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Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com> writes:

> Oversimplifying things:
>
>    * Gnus parses message headers 
>
>    * Finds the, e.g., From: line (or any other configurable header /
>      pattern) 
>
>    * Looks at the LDAP database for an entry with that address
>
>    * Split the message to the correct folder (or /dev/null ;-)) 
>
>    * After writing the message there, before/after updating the
>      indices that exists there, Gnus looks for some score information
>      and also update it to the correct file (if needed or if this
>      information is not in the LDAP server)

Well -- what do you gain by sticking this in an LDAP server instead of
just keeping it in Lisp?

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