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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
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