Re: mutt vs gnus

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> writes:
>
>>> Depending on the other MUA you're planning to use, you can choose a
>>> suitable Gnus backend. AFAIK, nnmaildir should even allow concurrent
>>> use of Gnus and other MUAs. Or use nnimap. nnfolder stores mail in
>>> standard Unix mailbox format, so you can read them with most Unix MUAs
>>> (but do _not_ write to them behind Gnus' back). 
>>
>>   So I cannot use /var/mail/$user
>
> Doesn't nnmbox:/var/mail/$user work?  Or nndoc:/var/mail/$user?  Some
> systems have maildirs in /var/mail, then nnmaildir:/var/mail/$user
> should work.

No, since mail arrives in it, even when reading it. And I want to
*work* with it, ie. delete some messages, etc, which nndoc cannot do.


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