Re: [Q]: ~/Mail directory

[Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de>]

On Mon, Feb 09 2004, Mark Plaksin wrote:

> Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:
>> I have a question about ~/Mail directory and its creation.
>>
>> Given the fact I don't use it and have deleted it from my system
>> several times, how can this directory appear again ?
>
> I set the following before starting Gnus so it doesn't create or write
> to ~/Mail:
>
> ;; Main Gnus directory
> (setq gnus-directory "~/src/mail")
> ;; Directory Gnus buffers will be in
> (setq gnus-default-directory "~/src/mail")
> ;; Where to put the dribble file
> (setq gnus-dribble-directory "~/src/mail")
> ;; Set directory for message
> (setq message-directory "~/src/mail")

Setting `gnus-directory' and `message-directory' should be enough.  If
this isn't the case, please report it.  Maybe you can find out more
using `M-x apropos-value RET /Mail/ RET' or similar.

,----[ C-h v gnus-directory RET ]
| gnus-directory's value is "~/News/"
| 
| *Directory variable from which all other Gnus file variables are derived.
| 
| Note that Gnus is mostly loaded when the `.gnus.el' file is read.
| This means that other directory variables that are initialized from
| this variable won't be set properly if you set this variable in `.gnus.el'.
| Set this variable in `.emacs' instead.
`----

,----[ C-h v message-directory RET ]
| message-directory's value is "~/Mail/"
| 
| *Directory from which all other mail file variables are derived.
`----

Bye, Reiner.
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