Re: read mail in mbox files

[Richard Riley]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:51:54 +0100, Richard wrote:
>
>> Why is this a "spool" directory?
>
>> The word "spool" is throwing me. I thought "spool" meant it was spooled
>> to you and then stored in a backend .. like nnml.
>
> A "(news)spool" in news-related terms is usually where the articles are
> stored in a newsserver (the meaning used here).
>
> A mail-spool is usually where mail is stored locally until the user
> fetches it (/var/mail or /var/spool/mail).
>
> In the documentation nnml is described as the backend that most closely
> resembles a newsspool, so that is probably where the choice of word
> comes from. And perhaps also some of the confusion.

I think in the context it's incorrect but wouldnt put my mortgage on it
...

nnml-directory is not a spool really : the var/spool source is.

And checking values now, I see, and amazingly confusing, that

,----
| Its value is "~/.emacs.d/Mail/archive"
`----

How I dont know as I set

  (setq nnml-directory "~/Mail")

bah ;) I need to start all over again ...