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Re: Reading mailing list with gnus, but regular mail with MH



I wrote:

> I can see the advantage of reading this mailing list threaded with gnus,
> specially after a two-week absence (when threads are more useful).
> 
> I currently use procmail to filter all Debian traffic into a spool file
> (/var/spool/mail/debian) and use mh-e to read it like I do my regular mail
> spool.  (I hacked a few Emacs commands to read that alternate folder and
> delete threads with one keustroke.)
> 
> Can anyone who also uses MH for regular and gnus for the Debian mailing
> list post their relevant Emacs configuration?  I'd like to try it, but only
> if mh-e can also use the resultant file layout.

I have succeeded in setting up gnus like so in my ~/.emacs file:

(setq gnus-select-method '(nnmh ""))         ; use MH method to layout mail
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil)     ; No news hanndlig; only mail.
(setq nnmail-spool-file "/var/spool/mail/debian") ; my mailing list spool
(setq nnmail-split-methods '(("Debian" ""))) ;put new mail into ~/mail/Debian/
(require 'gnus)
(require 'nnmh)

Now I have to figure out how to delete (expire) most articles after they
are read, except for the few that I check every day (so it will be used
like a regular (but threaded) mail reader).

And will mh-e renumbering the folder mess up gnus' idea of what is read?

Any suggestions?
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Peter Galbraith, research scientist          <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546


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