Re: Really confused about using gnus-0.80 & procmail

[Florian Weimer <fw@cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de>]

Marc Nozell <marc@nozell.com> writes:

> I've just tried to upgrade from an oldish pgnus version to pgnus-0.80
> with the new fancy mail spool stuff.

Perhaps this one will help you:

| > Subject: Q4.8 Procmail and Gnus
| > 
| >    Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> writes:
| >    With procmail, you cannot write directly into the nnml directories.
| >    You must create spool files that will be merged into the nnml
| >    directories at times of Gnus' choosing. Asynch delivery just isn't in
| >    the cards.
| >    
| >    I just posted my setup a week ago. Here it is one more time:
| > (setq
| >  gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml ""))
| >  nnmail-use-procmail t
| >  nnmail-spool-file 'procmail            ; same as nnmail-use-procmail :-)
| >  nnmail-procmail-directory "~/.incoming/"
| >  nnmail-delete-incoming t
| > )
| 
| This doesn't work with Pterodactyl Gnus. You have to use something
| like this instead:
| 
| (setq
|  gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml ""))
|  nnmail-spool-file '((directory :path "~/.incoming/"
|                                 :suffix ".spool")))

(The FAQ won't get updated to reflect changes in alpha code, which is
quite reasonable.)