Re: pop mailboxes

[Daniel Simms <dsimms@alink.net>]

>>>>> "RP" == Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@PrescientTech.com> writes:

 >>>> "DS" == Daniel Simms <dsimms@alink.net> writes:

  DS>> (setq nnmail-movemail-program 'pop3-really-movemail)

  DS>> (require 'pop3)

  RP> This will not work.  nnmail-movemail-program expects an external
  RP> program, not a function.

Really?  

>>>>> "I" == (gnus)Mail Backend Variables

 I> `nnmail-movemail-program'
 I>      This program is executed to move mail from the user's inbox to her
 I>      home directory.  The default is `movemail'.
 I> 
 I>      This can also be a function.  In that case, the function will be
 I>      called with two parameters -- the name of the inbox, and the file
 I>      to be moved to.

>>>>> "N" == ~/emacs/packages/gnus-5.4.9/lisp/nnmail.el 


 [[...]]

 N> ;; Function rewritten from rmail.el.
 N> (defun nnmail-move-inbox (inbox)

 [[...]]

 N>	  ;; If getting from mail spool directory, use movemail to move
 N>	  ;; rather than just renaming, so as to interlock with the
 N>	  ;; mailer.
 N>	  (unwind-protect
 N>	      (save-excursion
 N>		(setq errors (generate-new-buffer " *nnmail loss*"))
 N>		(buffer-disable-undo errors)
 N>		(let ((default-directory "/"))
 N>		  (if (nnheader-functionp nnmail-movemail-program)
 N>		      (funcall nnmail-movemail-program inbox tofile)
 N>		    (apply 
 N>		     'call-process
 N>		     (append
 N>		      (list
 N>		       (expand-file-name nnmail-movemail-program
 N>					 exec-directory)
 N>		       nil errors nil inbox tofile)
 N>		      (when nnmail-internal-password
 N>			(list (prin1-to-string nnmail-internal-password)))))))

(Sorry, I'm already two versions out of date, but one was released
*while* I was writing this email.)

  RP> At this time, nnmail also does not use pop3.el.  

Well, I had kind of noticed that, but figured that it was just an 
option.  Setting nnmail-movemail-program is about the only thing you
really need to do to make gnus really use pop3.el.

  RP> I had not gotten around to rewriting that section of nnmail
  RP> before Red went into feature freeze.

I didn't noticed anything on the wish list (or mailing list) about 
this.   What did you have in mind?  (This is more out of curiousity
than it is relevant to this particular thread.)


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