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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: How to change default news directroy?
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:47:12 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3y8t8iwkv.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <631f9110.0312190212.1463420a@posting.google.com>

xueruini@hotmail.com (xueruini) writes:

> I am thinking are there any other applications using %HOME%? Once I change
> it, would they crash? There should be some more configurable ways, such as
> (gnus-diectory).

One possible way that is not really an answer but side steps the
issue sort of, would be to create a new nnml (or backend of choice)
server and designate the desired base directory for it.

There are examples in gnus manual but get started by pressing a in
server buffer.
Sorry, don't recall the section with the examples.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-12-19 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <631f9110.0312180306.6a51672c@posting.google.com>
2003-12-18 11:17 ` Bastien
2003-12-18 16:10 ` Harald Maier
2003-12-18 16:22 ` David Hanak
     [not found]   ` <631f9110.0312190212.1463420a@posting.google.com>
2003-12-19 16:47     ` Harry Putnam [this message]
     [not found] ` <87brq6rrk7.fsf@jbms.ath.cx>
2003-12-23  1:38   ` xueruini

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