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From: Reiner Steib <4uce.02.r.steib@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Two nnml backends in different directories
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:39:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <v9d6tfk3o8.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <beamish-m2n0slq6a1.fsf@dhcp-2108.tele.ntnu.no>

On Sun, Jul 21 2002, Henrik Holm wrote:

> I will of course lose all readedness marks and ticks from the
> old directory, since that data is stored in .newsrc on the
> old system -- but that is not a big issue for me.

nnml (in recent Oort versions) uses marks. I guess this should help
you:

,----[ <info://gnus/Mail+Spool> ]
|    When the marks file is used (which it is by default), `nnml' servers
| have the property that you may backup them using `tar' or similar, and
| later be able to restore them into Gnus (by adding the proper `nnml'
| server) and have all your marks be preserved.  Marks for a group is
| usually stored in the `.marks' file (but see `nnml-marks-file-name')
| within each `nnml' group's directory.  Individual `nnml' groups are
| also possible to backup, use `G m' to restore the group (after
| restoring the backup into the nnml directory).
`----

Bye, Reiner.
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       reply	other threads:[~2002-07-22 18:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <beamish-m2n0slq6a1.fsf@dhcp-2108.tele.ntnu.no>
2002-07-22 18:39 ` Reiner Steib [this message]
2002-07-23 16:27 ` Kai Großjohann
     [not found]   ` <beamish-m2it35quei.fsf@si146a.studby.ntnu.no>
2002-07-24 16:12     ` Paul Jarc
2002-07-24 16:27     ` David S Goldberg

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