Re: N00b begging quick input.

[DiagonalArg <gmane.boxy@xoxy.net>]

Carson Chittom <carson <at> wistly.net> writes:

> DiagonalArg <gmane.boxy <at> xoxy.net> writes:
> 
> > I am using RMAIL with <<many>> files in Babyl format.  
> 
> Take a look at the sections on nnbabyl[1] and document groups[2], I
> think.  (The index is your friend.)

Thanks for the tip, Carson.

It appears that what I need is some combination of nneething (which
acts on directory hierarchies) and nnbabyl.  I am not clear from the
docs whether nneething will properly identify babyl files as
containing many messages, or whether it will treat the whole file as a
single "message".  I am trying to test it out using a directory
(~/BABYL) containing a couple of babyl files:

(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnbabyl "Inbox"
                                       (nnbabyl-get-new-mail nil))
                                      (nneething "BABYL"
                                       (nneething-include-files "~/BABYL/"))))

but the nneething group is not being created for mysterious reasons.
Gnus just beeps at me.

/DA.

> [1] http://www.gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html#SEC193
> [2] http://www.gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html#SEC218