From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/753 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Erwan David Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: mutt vs gnus Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:17:10 +0200 Organization: Guest of Firstream - Teaser - Oreka Message-ID: <87n0szcs09.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org> References: <87d6txjz6j.fsf@westminster.societyofno.com> <878z4ke57g.fsf@happy.sherilyn.org.uk> <877kk4xhe3.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org> <85y9cjkd3s.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667679 8261 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:34:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:28:04 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!lackawana.kippona.com!stargate.gts.cz!news.telebyte.nl!proxad.net!teaser.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: bretagne.rail.eu.org Original-X-Trace: feed.teaser.net 1026328630 23041 80.65.225.51 (10 Jul 2002 19:17:10 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@teaser.fr Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.4 (Honest Recruiter, i686-pc-linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HKI3PkYoeszSkEjJhkn7VMwUAZU= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:893 Original-Lines: 24 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 893 Tue Jan 17 17:28:04 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:753 Archived-At: Simon Josefsson writes: > Erwan David 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. -- "Stuck? You're an *alien*," said Johnny. "Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact." -- (Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind)