Re: Please help me create a nnbabyl group

[Aharon Schkolnik <aharon@health.gov.il>]

>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@charly.cs.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

>>>>> Aharon Schkolnik writes:
    Aharon> I save articles using gnus-summary-save-in-rmail (I would
    Aharon> be willing to change to gnus-summary-save-in-mail if that
    Aharon> would help anything). This generates a babyl format file
    Aharon> (one per group). Later, I want to go back, look at these
    Aharon> saved messages, and delete some of them.

    Kai> Create nnfolder groups.  This is a one-file-per-group,
    Kai> many-messages-per-file, backend, and uses Unix mbox format
    Kai> for the files.

Let's see if I've got this straight:

1. I shouldn't use babyl format to save messages because there is no
backend which will read the resulting file (one file per group) and
allow message deletion (erasing from the disk - not just marking).

2. If I switch to gnus-summary-save-in-mail, I will generate mbox
format files - one per group. I can then use nnfolder to read the
resulting files, and I will be able to delete messages.


    Kai> Use "B c" to copy a message from any group (nntp groups work,
    Kai> too) into such an nnfolder group.  ("B m" moves the message,
    Kai> so it works for writable groups only.)


3. In order to transfer the messages which I have saved in babyl
format, I need to create nndoc groups, use B c to move the messages to
nnfolder groups, delete the old babyl files using the shell - not Gnus.


    Kai> But then, if you're using "B c" there is no restriction on
    Kai> the backend of the target group, so you can use nnml and
    Kai> nnmh, too.


Yeah, but my main concern is how best to save messages from gnus
(gnus-summary-save-in-*) and then to be able to delete the saved
messages - for that, I understand, the best (only ?) choice is
nnfolder.






If I understand everything correctly, it would seem strange that there
is a backend which can delete from mbox format - one group per file,
but there is no backend which can delete from babyl format - one group
per file. If this is true, is there some good reason for it ?




Thanks a lot !




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