From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7633 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: fetching mails in batch mode Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:28:12 +0100 Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151919666 3339 80.91.229.2 (3 Jul 2006 09:41:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:41:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 03 11:40:56 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxKv1-00027V-Tr for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:40:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxKv1-0006ao-8x for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:40:39 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!colt.net!feeder.news-service.com!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!feed3.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!news.ncl.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dinley.ncl.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: ucsnew1.ncl.ac.uk 1151918892 32065 128.240.150.78 (3 Jul 2006 09:28:12 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@newcastle.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:28:12 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:D3XDkEG90isUfTb2i2FQSs8fyIo= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77818 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7633 Archived-At: >>>>> "AR" == Andrea Russo writes: AR> Phillip Lord writes: >> It will all go horrible wrong if you do this. If you are already >> running an Emacs, I presume that you want to read in batch >> because emacs hangs while reading? AR> Yes, although I actually use fetchmail for mails and leafnode AR> for news. But I'm searching for a solution where I can't manage AR> to have these tools installed. Okay, makes sense. >> In which case, you might want to use the gnus-demon instead which >> will read in the idle cycle. AR> But it'll anyway stop emacs from accepting user input. Sure. But if it's running in the idle cycle the user is probably not actually inputting anything. I have mine set to read mail every 4-5 minutes. Occasionally, I get to my mail reader when it's hung, but it's rare for me. >> You might also want to look at the nnmaildir backend which is >> supposed to cope with concurrent modification. Never tried it, >> although I mean to at some time. AR> Interesting. I use it with a remote path AR> (`/user@host:/etc..../'). Is this property of coping with AR> concurrency valid also for the corresponding gnus backend AR> nnmaildir? I was talking about the nnmaildir backend. I don't know about remote usage. As I said, I've never actually tried it. But if it can cope with concurrency, I presume it's not using locking which is hard to get to work, but is just robust. It should work remotely. Phil