From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/57560 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: smarter nndoc guessing Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 01:40:52 +0200 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen 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 1085010206 2358 80.91.224.253 (19 May 2004 23:43:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 23:43:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M6100@lists.math.uh.edu Thu May 20 01:43:21 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 1BQaiW-0008Rs-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 01:43:20 +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 1BQaiN-0004Ig-00; Wed, 19 May 2004 18:43:11 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BQahp-0004EZ-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 19 May 2004 18:42:37 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BQahn-0006da-S1 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 19 May 2004 18:42:35 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696513A023C for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 18:42:35 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BQahm-0002IH-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 01:42:34 +0200 Original-Received: from quimbies.gnus.org ([80.91.231.2]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 01:42:34 +0200 Original-Received: from larsi by quimbies.gnus.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 01:42:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Coil's _Unnatural History: Compilation Tracks Compiled_: "Various Hands" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kax48QXJxAdf77tXkq54xJ2oBXw= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57560 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57560 Karl Chen writes: > I think nndoc's algorithm for guessing mail box format can/should > be improved. I have had many mboxes mis-guessed. Since other > formats like babyl are not so common anymore, if there is > ambiguity I think mbox should be preferred, or at least the user > queried. Well, I'd be surprised if nndoc ever guessed that something was babyl when it wasn't, since that's such a distinctive format. What formats is it that gets mixed up? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen