* Re: nnml question: 40 megs of incoming files.
[not found] <sdzq6k4nvh.fsf@teal.ece.ucdavis.edu>
@ 1996-06-03 21:21 ` Greg Thompson
1996-06-04 3:54 ` Ken Olstad
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From: Greg Thompson @ 1996-06-03 21:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
>"WH" == Wes Hardaker <hardaker@ece.ucdavis.edu> writes:
WH> Question: What are all the Incoming files in my nnml directory
WH> (in .gnus: (setq nnml-directory "~/News/nnml/"))
WH> I noticed today that they had managed to suck 40megs worth of
WH> space (which impressed me... But I use a 1 gig disk for my home
WH> directory so I rarely notice these things. Its probably been
WH> building for a long time).
WH> Are these necessary? Can they be removed (too late... hehe...)
WH> and if so, why are they there in the first place?
as per the docs,
(setq nnmail-delete-incoming t)
in your ~/.gnus file if you're not worried about gnus messing up and
losing things.
--
-greg ego is beast and ego is evil
but ego knows best,
at least she says so
-the god machine
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1996-06-03 21:21 ` nnml question: 40 megs of incoming files Greg Thompson
@ 1996-06-04 3:54 ` Ken Olstad
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From: Ken Olstad @ 1996-06-04 3:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
>> "WH" == Wes Hardaker <hardaker@ece.ucdavis.edu> writes:
WH> Question: What are all the Incoming files in my nnml directory (in
WH> .gnus: (setq nnml-directory "~/News/nnml/"))
>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Thompson <gregt@visix.com> writes:
Greg> (setq nnmail-delete-incoming t)
If you're not that brave, run a script via cron every day that deletes
all the Incoming* files that haven't been accessed for a while.
--
Ken Olstad <ken@mn.cheyenne.com> Burnsville, MN, USA
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