From: Benjamin Rutt <rutt+news@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Question about nnml
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:10:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wc33cm9qhoh.fsf@gamma.cis.ohio-state.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3u1epp87u.fsf@avarre.com>
Julien Avarre <julien@avarre.com> writes:
> I was just wandering what was the numerous files named IncomingXXXXX in my
> ~/Mail directory ?
>
> Can someone explain what are they and if can I delete them ?
They are backups of incoming mail, as you are running a bleeding-edge
version of gnus. It is safe to delete them eventually, if you are
reasonably certain you are not losing mail with your bleeding-edge
version of gnus.
You can turn off the creation of backups by
(setq mail-source-delete-incoming t)
> Is it possible to compress my old emails and still browse them with
> Gnus ?
Yes, this is covered in the gnus FAQ:
Q4.12 Compressed mail files Piotr Pogorzelski
<piotr.pogorzelski@ippt.gov.pl> writes: Is it possible to have
nnml files compressed on disk and decompress them on-the-fly for
reading ?
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@trym.ifi.uio.no> replies:
Yes. Just gzip the files. You'll need to say `(require
'jka-compr)' in your .emacs, though.
Note: this only works in Red Gnus (Gnus 5.4) and later.
--
Benjamin
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