* Re: N00b begging quick input.
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@ 2012-07-02 13:20 ` Carson Chittom
2012-07-10 4:59 ` DiagonalArg
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From: Carson Chittom @ 2012-07-02 13:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
DiagonalArg <gmane.boxy@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.)
[1] http://www.gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html#SEC193
[2] http://www.gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html#SEC218
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* Re: N00b begging quick input.
2012-07-02 13:20 ` N00b begging quick input Carson Chittom
@ 2012-07-10 4:59 ` DiagonalArg
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From: DiagonalArg @ 2012-07-10 4:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
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
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* N00b begging quick input.
@ 2012-06-30 12:03 DiagonalArg
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From: DiagonalArg @ 2012-06-30 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Well, I must say that the Gnus manual is utterly overwhelming! I can at least
connect to usenet, but setting it up for mail is a bit harder as I can't screw
thing up in the process. I wonder if someone can give me a quick pointer of
where I need to get started for the following situation:
I am using RMAIL with <<many>> files in Babyl format. Each individual that I
correspond with has their own file. Once read, I sort the emails to their proper
file by hand. Mail comes from the local spool. I now need to shift over to
gnus. I would like the same functionality until I can figure out how to use gnus
to change everything over to MailDir. I don't want to get blindsided by
incorrect expiration that might delete mails that I keep until I can act on them.
How in god's (pick a convenient one) name do I do this?? I am so lost in details
that I am having trouble figuring how to start. Reading the manual linearly is
not working, which is what I tried after jumping around failed. Any chance
someone could give me a couple of pointers so I could begin to step into this?
Thanks all in advance -
/DA.
(By the way, this needs to be quick. emacs 23 is long out, and I don't want to
shift over to the destructive mbox format that RMAIL is now using.)
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