Re: nnml fetching mail, unwanted

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

Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas.Kowalski@imag.fr> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>>
>>> No, it's still there (which seems like a good idea).  But it shouldn't
>>> fetch mail from a IMAP server into nnml just because you have a nnimap
>>> server present.  Weird.  I suggest M-x gnus-bug RET so we can see any
>>> customizations.
>>
>> I think it didn't fetch from the IMAP server.  Instead, it fetched
>> from /var/mail/jrl, which also happened to be the IMAP inbox because
>> UoW was running or something like this.  Just a guess...
>
> That's it : I configured things for the lab to provide several methods
> for fetching mail : standard spool on /var/spool/mail (NFS share),
> POP3 and IMAP4.

Gnus has been fetching mail automatically from /var/mail/jrl for so
many years -- do you think it's a good idea to turn that off now?

Just for the record: I have Gnus fetch from /var/mail/jrl and I also
use nnimap; but my IMAP inbox is not in /var/mail/jrl.  So the
current Gnus behavior is fine for me.

Thoughts?

kai
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