(Mail Source Specifiers): Explain more explicitly what

happens for the `directory' entries.  Say that mail from foo.spool
goes in the group foo.

diff --git a/texi/ChangeLog b/texi/ChangeLog
index dee03ef..1e7496e 100644 (file)
--- a/texi/ChangeLog
+++ b/texi/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-10-21  Kai Gro\e,A_\e(Bjohann  <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
+
+       * gnus.texi (Mail Source Specifiers): Explain more explicitly what
+       happens for the `directory' entries.  Say that mail from foo.spool
+       goes in the group foo.
+
 2001-10-19  Simon Josefsson  <jas@extundo.com>
 
        * Makefile.in (clean): rm gnus.out.

diff --git a/texi/gnus.texi b/texi/gnus.texi
index 5245f72..65c09be 100644 (file)
--- a/texi/gnus.texi
+++ b/texi/gnus.texi
@@ -11939,11 +11939,14 @@ Alter this script to fit find the @samp{movemail} you want to use.
 
 
 @item directory
-Get mail from several files in a directory.  This is typically used when
-you have procmail split the incoming mail into several files.  Setting
-@code{nnmail-scan-directory-mail-source-once} to non-nil forces Gnus to
-scan the mail source only once. This is particularly useful if you want
-to scan mail groups at a specified level.
+Get mail from several files in a directory.  This is typically used
+when you have procmail split the incoming mail into several files.
+That is, mail from the file @file{foo.bar.spool} will be put in the
+group @code{foo.bar}.  (You can change the suffix to be used instead
+of @code{.spool}.)  Setting
+@code{nnmail-scan-directory-mail-source-once} to non-nil forces Gnus
+to scan the mail source only once. This is particularly useful if you
+want to scan mail groups at a specified level.
 
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