Re: compatibility of nnml and MH

[Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com>]

Justin Sheehy <justin@linus.mitre.org> writes:

> If you manipulate nnml group messages with anything but Gnus (such as
> mh), it will probably work but will be very likely to cause problems
> for Gnus when you next try to read said group.

The only time the messages will be manipulated my MH is once they are
out of the the nnml group (saved to a new nnmh group).  

> If you are not interested in reading them as nnml messages again, then
> you can treat them as mh messages with impunity.

This is what I had hoped for.

> So, you can read either one with mh.  If you are planning on switching
> back and forth between Gnus and mh for _altering_ the messages, then
> stick with nnmh.

Stick with nnmh in what sense?  As the original spool backend, or
just for those cases where I plan to use both Gnus and MH to
read/alter a group's messages?  Just a sanity check here.  I want to
use nnml as the original spool backend and only use Gnus to touch
those groups.  Then, I want to save selected messages from those nnml
groups to other nnmh groups using `O h'.  I expect to be able to use
both Gnus and MH to manipulate those nnmh groups.  

   Jason R. Mastaler                      jason@mastaler.com