From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: Can I specify a spool file to read from?
Date: 12 Apr 1996 05:16:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w8senpuf7yk.fsf@hler.ifi.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199604111615.MAA06092@thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov>
"Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
> Well, I still think a group parameter is the natural user interface for
> setting something like this. But if you think that would be inefficient, then
> I'm willing to accept some alternative scheme (add a new variable named
> `nnmail-spool-alist'? or better yet overload `nnmail-spool-file' to accept an
> alist?). However, I feel strongly that there needs to be some intelligent way
> of saying which spool file(s) to get new mail from for a specific group. This
> method should allow one to specify multiple spool files for any group. It
> should allow the spool files to be named whatever you want and be located
> whereever you want to put them. The current set of Gnus variables just
> doesn't give the user enough freedom in this regard.
I think an alist of group/file pairs would be better.
`nnmail-group-spool-alist'? I've added this to the Red Gnus todo
list.
--
"Yes. The journey through the human heart
would have to wait until some other time."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-04-12 3:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-04-02 17:19 Shane Holder
1996-04-04 1:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-04-04 16:21 ` Shane Holder
1996-04-04 17:41 ` Edward J. Sabol
1996-04-06 1:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-04-11 16:15 ` Edward J. Sabol
1996-04-12 3:16 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1996-04-04 19:43 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-04-04 23:24 ` Shane Holder
1996-04-06 1:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-04-09 6:05 ` Kai Grossjohann
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