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Re: Emacs mailreader that doesn't move the spool
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Hikaru Ichijyo |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs mailreader that doesn't move the spool |
Date: |
23 Oct 2013 22:02:32 GMT |
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tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/3.3.4 (x86_64)) |
Jonathan Groll <lists@groll.co.za> wrote:
> Yes, it is possible - I read my mail via a local IMAP server
> (dovecot). I don't do anything special and leave the mail as the
> default mbox. I can switch between mutt and Emacs, if I want to (but
> have never tried them both at the same time because of mbox
> contention). To be explicit, in my case, mutt isn't configured to read
> via IMAP but Emacs is, and the mail is in /var/spool/mail
>
> Of course, an advantage to using an IMAP server is it means you can
> sometimes use one mail client and sometimes use another, which seems
> to be something you like to do.
Yes, I already have an IMAP daemon setup for users, so I could use it
locally also.
Well...I suppose I could consider it a wishlist request for VM and/or
Gnus then: It would be nice if they could do in-place file locking of
the system mail spool, like Mutt and Alpine do. Maybe in a future
version? :)
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