Re: Gnus for mail - fetchmail, procmail, splitting

Re: Gnus for mail - fetchmail, procmail, splitting

[Mario Domgörgen]

Massimiliano Mirra - bard <bard@prism.localnet> writes:

>     mail source: directory where procmail delivers the mail
>     mail backend: nnfolder

I would really recommend nnml, it is much faster especially for large
groups... i know that, i have also used that some time ago... :)
     
>     get mail with fetchmail -> split mail with procmail -> mail gets
>     arranged in various mbox files -> split mail again and move it
>     with gnus -> mail gets arranged again in other mailbox files ->
>     read mail with gnus
> 
> Can I avoid the second split and tell Gnus to just associate the
> mailgroup ABC with the mailbox file abc, the mailgroup XYZ with the
> mailbox file xyz, etc., without any processing?


That's exactly what i do:

,----[~/.procmailrc
| MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail/spool/
| 
| :0:
| * ^TO*icewm-user*
| icewm-user.spool
`----[and so on

,----[~/.gnus 
| (setq mail-sources
|       '((directory :path "~/Mail/spool" suffix:".spool")))
| 
| (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods 
| 	     '((nnfolder "")))
`----

That should work!

Mario

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Re: Gnus for mail - fetchmail, procmail, splitting

[Massimiliano Mirra - bard]

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

Re: Gnus for mail - fetchmail, procmail, splitting

[Massimiliano Mirra - bard]

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

> The speed in using Gnus comes from its powerful features.  They make
> up for the lack of raw speed in simple operations.  I think users

Agreed, it's what made me lean toward Emacs in general.

> > (BTW, nice user name.)
> Got it from the Jargon File, I think.

Yes, I know. :-)

> > side or is it where 5.9.0 is?  It's a `yes or no' question, not a
> Things that I notice from browsing the NEWS file:
[...]
> I'd take that as a yes for the mail feature.  (And also for the news

bard@prism:~$ cvs -d :pserv...


Massimiliano