Re: Getting starting with gnus for mail

[kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)]

Joe Davison <halting@attbi.com> writes:

> I don't suppose there's a "nnvm" -- that basically lets me use VM style
> mail boxes with a gnus user interface?

Well, nnfolder uses one file per group.  That is also what VM does,
if I'm not mistaken.

However, it is best not to use other tools except Gnus to write its
files.  (It's okay to read them.)  Gnus gets very angry if it notices
that you have changed files behind its back.

So if you plan on switching mail readers regularly, this is not a
good way.  For this, I suggest to set up an IMAP server and to use
Gnus as an IMAP client.

But if you only want to switch every couple of months, then maybe it's
enough to just copy the files from the Gnus directory to the VM
directory before switching to VM, and to use `G f' from Gnus (then
copy messages from the VM files to the Gnus groups) when switching
back.
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