Re: TODO idea:

[Wesley Hardaker <whardake@sphysdec1.unil.ch>]

>>>>> On 10 Jun 1997 21:49:35 -0600, Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com> said:

Jason> Not keeping records of some things (like an active file) can
Jason> sometimes be useful.  I specifically use nnmh so I can read all
Jason> my mail outside Gnus if I want.  Back to the issue of a new
Jason> backend.  Being ignorant of the design issues involved, I'll
Jason> ask why not just give the user the choice of adding the unseen
Jason> sequences file functionality to the current backend(s) if she
Jason> wants to use it? (extra option or something)
Jason> -- it seems like it would more flexible that way. 

I suppose that would probably be fine too, but it does need to be done
for both actually...  You *can* use nnmh, so you can read mail outside
news as you stated, however, nnml is a much nice backend for gnus (as
its quite a bit faster).  And, since the file format is pretty much
identicaly, there is no reason you can't use the nnml backend and read
the messages using regular mh commands.  (its the 'inc' that will
break things, if you do one).  I actually want to stick with nnml and
have it write a .mh_sequence file is all...

Wes
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