From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54332 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Skip intermediate mbox file in mail-sources? Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:59:40 +0200 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87d6i43wgs.fsf@cag.lcs.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066482043 29466 80.91.224.253 (18 Oct 2003 13:00:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:00:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M2873@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Oct 18 15:00:41 2003 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 1AAqhE-0007BG-00 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 15:00:41 +0200 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 1AAqh0-0007Mz-00; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:00:26 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AAqgw-0007Mt-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:00:22 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682D73A007E for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:00:22 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AAqgv-0006x0-00 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 15:00:21 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 13 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1066482021 26481 80.91.231.2 (18 Oct 2003 13:00:21 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Japan's _Tin Drum (2)_: "Ghosts (Single Version)" Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAElBMVEWgkHwDBgYXGBI4NSde U0B3aFWnTX0MAAACWklEQVR4nGWUzbLbIAyFNTdmX5HbfRH2vgF7nxjYMzG8/6v0CCdpZ8oiIf7Q zxHHIfpvpRhFhKhXIpOx7t3UFnvPU07rTtT6ACmXbmiKq8lTOb4fAPmuHzkXhLa46vbGTFT3rXfN 1T8gOQXEblNQkJJ6zK3kFB3A1xwsKo5MVMF7TvcHwCXfbMUvBebeSkfIFpjM5N1316URNHY5CCJ6 ku9u3mRs2o7ipkcA6qqivkFS5SbyMgDR7zdAX2gk8lY1UaX7CRqkAJjAcy2jBEDPGgCNmE5g/lX0 aNnqAIdEiXTE4OxScJbSjO7K4XcRK/T0wclcVPXht1zyLkGsgoBbWZCdorM4ylaYGe2mCDIPbbL2 FmPuTfwa9CKDLAPEbYCcxacwppPPOdVqAFaIWPdx5+Z8rusEOe9OI/4BBF0KknsN+i8xEYNC3RcY z85C7RDhKB+AGRqikmKHcOflNec6OJkUZIYR2b8j+gc49BX4KupEDXldbHC8xjXx1Y4IgjPO+l0k w1pvgArt7NiIV9185TO3ghEyiYeImwJzFlczmOQaZu5hUBTv7QT4asyr08sYwDQ1QmkIiU++KrD2 BGcA3Pzjiy0r+Ahsg7Qfu55X4P0QmIeR83NxwlaZ9zrEAn8paLeuxz36uq7RkSn60mg691R3QAZb szrVkVuuNGV304Ao65IKLkpBzxB9GXUB5zrNQe8DnZamDn4tX46gYNQ43Oc5WwBrFTQY9Lk82OqL j7Uc+gdgYEk61oun50964Hzk+Qg82tWVKl3sWWebLoFHjZfT0v0cyXYcwssfUqfK5+0X5aUAAAAA SUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PXIFV/ov7LLYbnheQ43M4ZFP/mo= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54332 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54332 David Z Maze 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