* Question about nnml
@ 2003-02-28 0:19 Julien Avarre
2003-02-28 2:10 ` Benjamin Rutt
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From: Julien Avarre @ 2003-02-28 0:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi every one !
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 ?
Is it possible to compress my old emails and still browse them with
Gnus ?
Thank you.
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Julien ``Eole'' Avarre
julien@avarre.com
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* Re: Question about nnml
2003-02-28 0:19 Question about nnml Julien Avarre
@ 2003-02-28 2:10 ` Benjamin Rutt
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From: Benjamin Rutt @ 2003-02-28 2:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
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.
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Benjamin
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