From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CE225391 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:51:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rfHWo-0005j3-AM; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:51:10 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rfHWm-0005iq-MX for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:51:08 -0500 Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rfHWj-0002Sl-5I for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:51:08 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rfHWg-00058q-1F for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:51:02 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: How to read mail from local spool? Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:50:52 +0000 Organization: On the Interweb somewhere Message-ID: <871q8wq2ur.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87cyshgd9n.fsf@its.a.fake> <87a5nk7vrr.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <13614.9973188125$1709115669@news.gmane.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: gnus (Emacs 30.0.50) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6gXsrmV+gVoJbHU3zGgfzR9GXd8= X-Url: http://twitter.com/ericsfraga/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org On Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024 at 12:20, Björn Bidar wrote: > Eric S Fraga writes: > >> (setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/mail/userid"))) > > Better would be: > (setq mail-sources `,((file :path ,(concat "/var/mail/"(user-login-name))))) Better in the sense of most generic/universal, I guess. Maybe that is what should be in the manual! Thank you, eric -- Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 30.0.50 2024-02-26) on Debian bullseye/sid