* Question about nnfolder-directory and nnml-directory
@ 2001-08-02 14:01 Nevin Kapur
2001-08-02 15:07 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2001-08-02 14:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I'm trying to figure out the role of nnfolder-directory and
nnml-directory. I have, in my .gnus
(setq nnfolder-directory "~/mail"
nnml-directory "~/Mail")
When I start Gnus, and I try C-h v nnfolder-directory, I get the
answer "~/Mail/archive". Once I enter a group and try the same query,
indeed I do get back "~/mail" as intended. If I quit Gnus and make the
query, I get nil back. Everything works fine. I am interested in
understanding how one can check for the user's value of
nnfolder-directory. Why don't I get "~/mail" back each time I query
for nnfolder-directory?
The same goes for nnml-directory. It starts out as
"~/News/nntp+News.CIS.DFN.DE" and gets magically set to "~/Mail".
I am Lisp novice. I read a little bit of the Lisp reference that comes
with XEmacs. From what I figured out, any defvar should only alter the
value of nnfolder-directory if it is not bound already.
Thanks in advance.
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Nevin
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* Re: Question about nnfolder-directory and nnml-directory
2001-08-02 14:01 Question about nnfolder-directory and nnml-directory Nevin Kapur
@ 2001-08-02 15:07 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-02 15:38 ` Nevin Kapur
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2001-08-02 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
On Thu, 02 Aug 2001, Nevin Kapur wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out the role of nnfolder-directory and
> nnml-directory. I have, in my .gnus
>
> (setq nnfolder-directory "~/mail"
> nnml-directory "~/Mail")
Don't do that. These values are specific for each server. Set them
as server parameters:
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
'(nnfolder "foo" (nnfolder-directory "~/mail/")))
See?
kai
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* Re: Question about nnfolder-directory and nnml-directory
2001-08-02 15:07 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2001-08-02 15:38 ` Nevin Kapur
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2001-08-02 15:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2001, Nevin Kapur wrote:
>
>> (setq nnfolder-directory "~/mail"
>> nnml-directory "~/Mail")
>
> Don't do that. These values are specific for each server. Set them
> as server parameters:
>
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> '(nnfolder "foo" (nnfolder-directory "~/mail/")))
>
> See?
It all makes sense now. Thanks for the enlightenment.
>
> kai
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Nevin
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