From: Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>,
Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk>,
ding@ifi.uio.no
Subject: Re: Reading mail from the spool.
Date: 23 Jan 1997 14:21:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <szn20bcwjye.fsf@ts-b.bcc.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Kai Grossjohann's message of 23 Jan 1997 09:58:50 +0100
Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
>
> >>>>> Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
> Eze> If I use this method can I be sure that Gnus will absolutely
> Eze> not alter my spool file?
>
> >>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
>
> Lars> No, all Gnus backends mail fetch (and remove) whatever is in
> Lars> the mail spool.
>
> I thought nndoc was strictly read-only?
>
I thought this was the case as well.
That is certainly the impression I get from the manual:
Gnus->Select Methods->Other Sources->Document Groups
If nndoc is not read-only, is there another way to read mail from the
spool without altering the spool file?
Eze Ogwuma.
prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-01-23 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-01-22 16:44 Eze Ogwuma
1997-01-23 2:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-01-23 8:58 ` Kai Grossjohann
1997-01-23 11:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-01-23 14:21 ` Eze Ogwuma [this message]
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