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Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers
From: |
David Masterson |
Subject: |
Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:38:00 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:
>
>>> Michael Heerdegen wrote:
>>>
>>>>> [...] see (info "(gnus) Mail Source Specifiers")
>>>>
>>>> Also (info "(gnus) Select Methods"), and in particular
>>>> `gnus-secondary-select-methods'.
>>
>> What is the relationship (or difference?) between a select-method and a
>> mail-source? Can you use a mail-source without setting up a
>> select-method? Are split-methods the equivalent "select method" to
>> mail-source?
>>
>> The manual is not clear (to me) on this.
>
> A mail source is an external "place" that mail comes from. Gnus doesn't
> own or manage that source, it simply fetches the mail from there, then
> stores it in a select method. As Gnus is storing the mail, it might also
> split it.
I didn't know a select-method was storage! I thought it defined a place
to get mail from.
> So no, you can't use a mail source without a select method, because once
> Gnus has got mail from the source, it has to put it somewhere.
>
> A mail source is most often a POP server, or a mail spool.
>
> It's confusing because some select methods essentially act as their own
> mail sources, most notably IMAP and NNTP servers. An nnmaildir select
> method can also be configured to find new mail "in place", if it's being
> delivered there by some other process. In these cases, you won't be
> using mail sources at all (I don't have any mail sources).
I take it then that mail-source is not used with an IMAP select method,
right? So, let me repeat the original question -- how do you setup Gnus
to get mail from multiple IMAP servers (so I can read all of my families
email accounts, but leave their email in their IMAP server for them to
read also).
--
David Masterson
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, (continued)
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, David Masterson, 2021/11/22
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/11/23
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Michael Heerdegen, 2021/11/23
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, David Masterson, 2021/11/27
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Michael Heerdegen, 2021/11/28
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/11/28
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Michael Heerdegen, 2021/11/29
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/11/29
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Michael Heerdegen, 2021/11/30
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Byung-Hee HWANG, 2021/11/23
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers,
David Masterson <=
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/11/28
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Emanuel Berg, 2021/11/28
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, David Masterson, 2021/11/30
- Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Emanuel Berg, 2021/11/30
Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, David Masterson, 2021/11/22
Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Óscar Fuentes, 2021/11/20
Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers, Byung-Hee HWANG, 2021/11/21