From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: mail split with multiple backends
Date: 23 Oct 2000 12:54:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vaf8zrf3k0n.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <muxbswb3n5j.fsf@uzeb.lrde.epita.fr>
On 23 Oct 2000, Didier Verna wrote:
> For instance, all calls to nnmail-get-new-mail should be wrapped in
> something like:
>
> (let ((mail-sources nnml-mail-sources)
> (nnml-split-methods nnml-split-methods))
> (nnml-get-new-mail 'nnml nil nnml-directory group)))
>
>
> This method is very nice because all you have to do is type 'g' in
> order to get mails from/for multiple mail backends at once, each one
> with its own mail-sources and split-methods. There is one drawback
> however: you can't use the respooling facilities across different
> backends.
Wouldn't it be even nicer if it was possible to have mail-sources and
nnmail-split-methods be server parameters? Then you could go through
all *-get-new-mail functions and bind the two variables appropriately.
How's that sound?
kai
--
I like BOTH kinds of music.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-10-23 10:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-10-20 19:38 joules
2000-10-20 21:16 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-20 21:41 ` Rob Browning
2000-10-21 0:51 ` Harry Putnam
2000-10-21 4:45 ` Rob Browning
2000-10-21 11:09 ` Harry Putnam
2000-10-21 14:58 ` Rob Browning
2000-10-21 16:39 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-21 17:27 ` Rob Browning
2000-10-21 18:18 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-23 9:46 ` Didier Verna
2000-10-23 10:54 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2000-10-23 12:03 ` Didier Verna
2000-10-23 12:25 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-26 17:34 ` Toby Speight
2000-10-26 21:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-26 21:57 ` Simon Josefsson
2000-10-21 1:01 ` Harry Putnam
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