From a51f598663f3c001bea20b1b2f6c0c86e92b6dd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kai Grossjohann Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:05:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Mail Source Specifiers): Explain more explicitly what happens for the `directory' entries. Say that mail from foo.spool goes in the group foo. --- texi/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ texi/gnus.texi | 13 ++++++++----- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/texi/ChangeLog b/texi/ChangeLog index dee03ef62..1e7496eb6 100644 --- a/texi/ChangeLog +++ b/texi/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2001-10-21 Kai Gro,A_(Bjohann + + * 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 * Makefile.in (clean): rm gnus.out. diff --git a/texi/gnus.texi b/texi/gnus.texi index 5245f722d..65c09be68 100644 --- 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. Keywords: -- 2.34.1