Re: Gnus for mail - fetchmail, procmail, splitting

[Massimiliano Mirra - bard <bard@prism.localnet>]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Then a new mail arrives, which procmail wants to write to the same
> file, and then you have the file locking problem.

I see.

> Well, if you don't mind having a few bytes copied around a bit, then
> you'll be fine with Gnus and nnfolder and mbox spool files.  (When
> the message arrives in /var/mail/jrl, it's been copied around several
> times anyway, so why does one more time matter...)

Hm, I guess I am just over concerned with efficiency.  I'll leave that
behind.

(BTW, nice user name.)

> > Anyway thanks for the pointer on Oort Gnus.  Does it contain other
> > things to make life easier with mail, that I should consider switching
> > to it anyway?
> Well, how could I know which features you will like best?  Hm.  

Indeed that was not the brightest way one could dress up a question.
Let me reparaphrase it: has it undergone major changes on the mail
side or is it where 5.9.0 is?  It's a `yes or no' question, not a
`read my mind' one; which of course does not mean anyone has to answer
it, it just means nobody is asked to do someone else's homework.

Anyway, thanks for your explanations.


Massimiliano