* set mbox folder as mail sources
@ 2007-11-08 19:40 Teng Wang
2007-11-08 20:31 ` Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo
2007-11-08 21:32 ` David Z Maze
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Teng Wang @ 2007-11-08 19:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi there,
I am new to gnus. A couple of days before, I set up gnus as my
newsreader. It works great. But I also want to read my email. Since I
already set up mutt as my email client and I still want to keep it, I
just want to _read_ some of my emails in gnus. Because I already use
procmail as email filter, all the coming email will directly sent to
mbox folder. The question is how I can use this mbox folder files in gnus.
I have tried
(setq mail-sources
'(file :path "path\to\mbox\file"))
and
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
'((nnml "mail"
(nnml-directory "some\folder")
(nnml-active-file "some\folder\active"))))
But when I connect to nnml:mail, it shows nothing. I read the manual
many time, but I still cant find the answer.
I dont know if I make my question clear or not. In a word, I just want
gnus to use the mbox folder file and fetch them when start up.
I know I can respool mbox file to the new setup server, but it seems
not to be automatically.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
------------
Teng Wang
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* Re: set mbox folder as mail sources
2007-11-08 19:40 set mbox folder as mail sources Teng Wang
@ 2007-11-08 20:31 ` Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo
2007-11-08 20:58 ` Teng Wang
2007-11-08 21:32 ` David Z Maze
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo @ 2007-11-08 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
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Teng Wang em gnu.emacs.gnus escreveu :
> mbox folder. The question is how I can use this mbox folder files in gnus.
Create a new group and do:
`G f /path/to/your_mbox_file RET'
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Spam protection:
In my e-mail remplace the words `no-spam' with `exal'.
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* Re: set mbox folder as mail sources
2007-11-08 19:40 set mbox folder as mail sources Teng Wang
2007-11-08 20:31 ` Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo
@ 2007-11-08 21:32 ` David Z Maze
2007-11-08 22:52 ` Teng Wang
2007-11-09 0:33 ` Teng Wang
1 sibling, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: David Z Maze @ 2007-11-08 21:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Teng Wang <twang.umn@gmail.com> writes:
> I am new to gnus. A couple of days before, I set up gnus as my
> newsreader. It works great. But I also want to read my email. Since I
> already set up mutt as my email client and I still want to keep it, I
> just want to _read_ some of my emails in gnus. Because I already use
> procmail as email filter, all the coming email will directly sent to
> mbox folder. The question is how I can use this mbox folder files in gnus.
>
> I have tried
> (setq mail-sources
> '(file :path "path\to\mbox\file"))
> and
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
> '((nnml "mail"
> (nnml-directory "some\folder")
> (nnml-active-file "some\folder\active"))))
Two points here:
(1) This setup will pull all of the mail out of your mbox file and save
them in (Gnus-specific) nnml groups; you won't be able to read your
old mail in mutt any more. You might look into either an nnmbox
select method or creating a single nnmbox foreign group.
(2) Backslashes in elisp strings are escape characters; "\"" is a string
containing a single quote. If your OS uses backslash as its path
separator, you probably need to double it in elisp strings, e.g.
"path\\to\\mbox\\file".
--dzm
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