Re: Little help sorting please...

[Mike Dixon <in_my.t@gline.org>]

> Mike Dixon <in_my.t@gline.org> writes:
> 
> > :-> The archive file my post is saved to using the above is at the end of
> > a nested set of dirs.  For instance, if the group name is gnu.emacs.gnus
> > and I post to that group, and my archive file is therefore named
> > gnu.emacs.gnus.archive, using the code above I end up with
> > ~/*/gnu/emacs/gnus/archive which is where the copy of my post is stored.  I 
> > was hoping for a filename such as ~/*/gnu.emacs.gnus.archive (which it
> > looked like I was going to get with "nnfolder:%s.archive"). 
> 
> Why is the filename important if you can access the stuff via the
> group nnfolder+archive:gnu.emacs.gnus.archive?  It should not be

Because I don't know how to :->  

I don't comprehend the whole Gnus virtual server/backend stuff (not for
lack of trying).  So like many I stick with what one is able to get
working satisfactorily, not wanting to disturb what's arrived at, which
for me was putting posts into files such as "sent-to-gnus.emacs.gnus."  I
use Gnus to read Usenet - not to become a Gnus-jock and most of the
subtleties of Gnus are therefore lost on me.

> That said, investigate the variables gnus-use-long-file-name and
> nnmail-use-long-file-names.  (Only Lars knows why one is singular and
> the other is plural.  Don't ask...)

Thanks Kai - I'll look into them (or take another stab at trying to
understand the whole backend thing).

Thanks for your help and patience.

Mike