Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Emanuel Berg writes: > >> Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >>> How can I download the /var/mail/mail system >>> mails into my gnu working please? >> >> Interesting question! >> >> I remember doing some stuff (?) with that once. >> Now my /var/mail is empty tho. Hey, at least >> I don't get those annoying messages in the VTs >> about new mail... >> >> If there is support for that there should be >> a select method (see >> `gnus-secondary-select-methods') but even if >> there isn't, it can possibly be done using >> respooling if nothing else... > > You can add the spool to the `mail-sources' variable, see the "Mail > Source Specifiers" part of the Gnus manual. > > Eric Thanks to both Eric and Emanuel I've got it working now. This is what I did - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/boudiccas") (file :path "/var/spool/mail/mail") (pop :server "mail.plus.net" :user "skimble" :password "12345654321"))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I added the middle line, and then just changed the permissions for the system/root mails such that I could read and write to it. And now it works perfectly, so thanks folks. That's been bugging me for months and I'm glad that its finally sorted out :) Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = http://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1