* Why are incoming mails saved twice?
@ 2009-06-08 14:23 Hermann
2009-06-08 15:04 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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From: Hermann @ 2009-06-08 14:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi,
I use nnml as mail backend, and I figured out that arriving mails are
stored twice:
In ~/Mail/mail/misc with numbers and in
~/Mail as Incoming*.
When I clean up my inbox, those Incoming* mails still exist.
Is there a way to get rid of them without destroying the structure of
mail handling? Simply deleting all this mails is perhaps no good idea?
Hermann
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* Re: Why are incoming mails saved twice?
2009-06-08 14:23 Why are incoming mails saved twice? Hermann
@ 2009-06-08 15:04 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-06-08 15:17 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-06-08 15:21 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
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From: Thierry Volpiatto @ 2009-06-08 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi, try
(setq mail-source-delete-incoming t)
Hermann <meinelisten@onlinehome.de> writes:
> Hi,
> I use nnml as mail backend, and I figured out that arriving mails are
> stored twice:
> In ~/Mail/mail/misc with numbers and in
> ~/Mail as Incoming*.
> When I clean up my inbox, those Incoming* mails still exist.
> Is there a way to get rid of them without destroying the structure of
> mail handling? Simply deleting all this mails is perhaps no good idea?
> Hermann
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* Re: Why are incoming mails saved twice?
2009-06-08 14:23 Why are incoming mails saved twice? Hermann
2009-06-08 15:04 ` Thierry Volpiatto
@ 2009-06-08 15:17 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-06-08 15:21 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
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From: Tassilo Horn @ 2009-06-08 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hermann <meinelisten@onlinehome.de> writes:
Hi Hermann!
> I use nnml as mail backend, and I figured out that arriving mails are
> stored twice:
> In ~/Mail/mail/misc with numbers and in
> ~/Mail as Incoming*.
The bleeding edge versions of gnus keep backup files of all mails.
Those are the Incoming* files.
> When I clean up my inbox, those Incoming* mails still exist. Is there
> a way to get rid of them without destroying the structure of mail
> handling?
See
,----[ (info "(gnus)Mail Source Customization") ]
| `mail-source-delete-incoming'
| If non-`nil', delete incoming files after handling them. If `t',
| delete the files immediately, if `nil', never delete any files.
| If a positive number, delete files older than number of days (the
| deletion will only happen when receiving new mail). You may also
| set `mail-source-delete-incoming' to `nil' and call
| `mail-source-delete-old-incoming' from a hook or interactively.
| `mail-source-delete-incoming' defaults to `10' in alpha Gnusae and
| `2' in released Gnusae. *Note Gnus Development::.
`----
and
,----[ (info "(gnus)Gnus Development") ]
| Some variable defaults differ between alpha Gnusae and released
| Gnusae, in particular, `mail-source-delete-incoming'. This is to
| prevent lossage of mail if an alpha release hiccups while handling the
| mail. *Note Mail Source Customization::.
`----
> Simply deleting all this mails is perhaps no good idea?
No problem, you can delete them without worrying.
Bye,
Tassilo
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* Re: Why are incoming mails saved twice?
2009-06-08 14:23 Why are incoming mails saved twice? Hermann
2009-06-08 15:04 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-06-08 15:17 ` Tassilo Horn
@ 2009-06-08 15:21 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
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From: Sivaram Neelakantan @ 2009-06-08 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hermann <meinelisten@onlinehome.de> writes:
> Hi,
> I use nnml as mail backend, and I figured out that arriving mails are
> stored twice:
> In ~/Mail/mail/misc with numbers and in
> ~/Mail as Incoming*.
> When I clean up my inbox, those Incoming* mails still exist.
> Is there a way to get rid of them without destroying the structure of
> mail handling? Simply deleting all this mails is perhaps no good idea?
> Hermann
I think you're referring to the incoming spool files. Those can
automatically deleted by Gnus by setting the following. Mine deletes
them after 1 day, you can set it to any value.
(setq mail-source-delete-incoming 1)
(setq mail-source-delete-old-incoming-confirm nil)
sivaram
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