Reading mail from the spool.

Reading mail from the spool.

[Eze Ogwuma]

Hi,

I would like to use gnus to read my mail from the mail spool (like
Elm). So far the only way I've found to do this is by making my mail
spool file into an nndoc group.

Can someone please can tell me if this is the only way, or the best
way to read mail from the spool?

If I use this method can I be sure that Gnus will absolutely not alter
my spool file?

Thanks.

Eze Ogwuma.

Re: Reading mail from the spool.

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> If I use this method can I be sure that Gnus will absolutely not alter
> my spool file?

No, all Gnus backends mail fetch (and remove) whatever is in the mail
spool.

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  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen

Re: Reading mail from the spool.

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> 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?

kai
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Re: Reading mail from the spool.

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> 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 meant to say "mail backends" and not "backends mail".  :-)

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen

Re: Reading mail from the spool.

[Eze Ogwuma]

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.