From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: Skip intermediate mbox file in mail-sources?
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:59:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3oewewvk3.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d6i43wgs.fsf@cag.lcs.mit.edu>
David Z Maze <dmaze@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Is there a reason the intermediate mbox file is necessary?
An intermediate file is necessary (for safety -- in case Emacs
crashes while splitting) and useful (it allows backends to not write
more files than they have to when getting many messages).
mbox is not a good format, though.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-18 12:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-27 21:34 David Z Maze
2003-05-28 9:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-28 18:55 ` Ted Zlatanov
2003-05-29 8:40 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-10-18 12:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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