From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/2274 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: A. L. Meyers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Turning MH folders into nnml groups Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 15:58:18 +0200 Message-ID: <87d6k1nj0l.fsf@wassern.consult-meyers.com> References: <841y0tdqfa.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <1y0s1nux.fsf@bitstream.com> <8465q3es7a.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <87u1dmd42z.fsf@wassern.consult-meyers.com> <87fzp0zo3p.fsf@wassern.consult-meyers.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138668765 14548 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:52:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:52:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:30:26 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!uio.no!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!megazh-d-249.agrinet.CH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: megazh-d-249.agrinet.ch (212.28.158.249) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1049552821 7342463 212.28.158.249 (16 [172426]) X-Orig-Path: wassern.consult-meyers.com!news User-Agent: Gnus/5.090018 (Oort Gnus v0.18) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ewQpB6+OU+WWd/B0sOqTm+Ep8yg= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:2414 Original-Lines: 54 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 2414 Tue Jan 17 17:30:26 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:2274 Archived-At: Peter Davis writes: > A. L. Meyers writes: > >> pd@world.std.com (Peter Davis) writes: >> >> > A. L. Meyers wrote in message >> > news:<87u1dmd42z.fsf@wassern.consult-meyers.com>... >> >> >> >> Having tried both nnmaildir and nnml, yours truly finally converted >> >> all groups to nnmh: compatible, tried and true, simple and stupid. >> >> Never noticed any significant performance slag. And, as LMI wrote >> >> here, nnmh is the way to go if you, like me, must copy mails back and >> >> forth between office, home office, notebook. >> > >> > I think I'd like to try using nnmh to see how the speed is (on a 3GHz >> > Pentium with 1Gb of memory). I have a tendency to switch mail tools >> > among different programs, and MH is the most consistently supported >> > format. With that, I could switch among gnus, MH-E, MH itself, mutt, >> > and Sylpheed. That covers pretty much all the ones I'm likely to use. >> > >> > Is there some automatic way to switch my nnml groups to nnmh? I >> > suppose I could to 'F' to find all the groups, subscribe to the nnmh >> > ones and unsubscribe from the nnml ones, right? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > -pd >> >> If I recall correctly, nnml is already in "one mail, one file" format >> but has some additional index files. If you search back through the >> archives, you will find a thread or two on the conversion subject. >> There is, I recall, a way to automate the process into one or two >> commands but, alas, I cannot recall exactly how. Maybe some of the >> knowledgeable experts who frequently contribute here :-) can assist? >> nnmh can, however, read the raw nnml mail files without changing them. >> nnmh does not use the nnml index files. > > Thanks. Yes, nnml is kind of like supercharged nnmh. However, I > can't seem to get gnus to open my various MH folders, nor to generate > new .overview files for them. I'd like to start over completely, and > add everything afresh. nnmh has no .overview files AFAIK and AFAICS, having looked at my own numerous nnmh directories. Cheers! Lucien -- If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender. PGP key fingerprint=F1C0 D9AE 1B18 1405 4DFA B4CC 6DC7 FF78 C76E FB15 To Big Brother Echelon from "spook": Panama PLO Delta Force fissionable Kabul class struggle Peshawar Khatami