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From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: mutt vs gnus
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 19:04:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vaf65zjh85b.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hej3bqon.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org>

Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> writes:

> But I want my mailer to let part of the mail in /var/mail/$user,
> delete some, when i decide, etc...

Well, Gnus does not leave mail in /var/mail/$user, and this is a good
thing.  The problem is that Emacs does not provide good filelocking,
and what if a new mail arrives while Gnus is editing the file?

kai
-- 
A large number of young women don't trust men with beards.  (BFBS Radio)


  reply	other threads:[~2002-07-13 17:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <87d6txjz6j.fsf@westminster.societyofno.com>
     [not found] ` <878z4ke57g.fsf@happy.sherilyn.org.uk>
     [not found]   ` <877kk4xhe3.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org>
2002-07-10  6:15     ` Robin S. Socha
2002-07-10  7:58     ` Reiner Steib
     [not found]       ` <85y9cjkd3s.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org>
     [not found]         ` <ilubs9fv4sq.fsf@latte.josefsson.org>
2002-07-10 19:17           ` Erwan David
     [not found]             ` <iluofdfv01a.fsf@latte.josefsson.org>
2002-07-11 22:37               ` Movemail, nnmail (was mutt vs gnus) Sherilyn
     [not found]               ` <wc34rf6ot7u.fsf@eta.cis.ohio-state.edu>
2002-07-12  5:33                 ` mutt vs gnus Erwan David
     [not found]       ` <85lm8jkcrg.fsf@brehat.trusted-logic.fr>
     [not found]         ` <vafn0svriyv.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
2002-07-13 15:20           ` Erwan David
2002-07-13 17:04             ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2002-07-13 17:15               ` Erwan David
     [not found]     ` <87vg7o3qx5.fsf@happy.sherilyn.org.uk>
2002-07-10  9:04       ` Sherilyn

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