Re: [RFC] nnmbox and first-time users

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
>> We need to change the files and directories used for the servers to
>> something unique.  For example, use ~/Gnus/nnml/unnamed/ for the
>> server (nnml ""), and so on.
>
> That would (I assume) interfere with a server called (nnml "unnamed").
> Instead, we could use ~/Gnus/nnml/ for (nnml "") and
> ~/Gnus/nnml+unnamed/ for (nnml "unnamed").  Or something like that.

Good idea.

> (nnml "foo") would still interfere with (nnml "foo/bar").  Should we
> worry about such cases?  Slashes in server addresses could be encoded
> in directory names somehow, but I don't know if it's worth the effort.
> How likely is it that someone would use such an address, and also not
> specify the nnml-directory server parameter?

Whee.  Until recently, we wouldn't have had to worry, since "/" was
forbidden in group names.  But now there is IMAP and now "/" in group
names is possible.

Ick.

>> But there is a problem with the old .newsrc.eld files.  Using the old
>> file with the new directory is going to be a problem,
>
> How so?

Because the new directory is empty (initially).

kai
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