From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Gnus and multiple Email servers Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:26:29 -0800 Message-ID: <87sfvngzfu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <878rxjedvs.fsf@zoho.eu> <87ilwnxyqn.fsf@web.de> <87zgpzcvc4.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24075"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:2hK8kah0RI1Ola2k9VXwqTCGtVE= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 23 07:27:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mpPH7-000664-GE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:27:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37024 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mpPH5-0003EM-EZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:27:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55464) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mpPGX-0003Dc-Hz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:26:53 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:55700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mpPGV-0008Ij-Bx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:26:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mpPGG-0004wZ-56 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:26:36 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.248, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:134673 Archived-At: David Masterson writes: > Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor > writes: > >> Michael Heerdegen wrote: >> >>>> [...] see (info "(gnus) Mail Source Specifiers") >>> >>> Also (info "(gnus) Select Methods"), and in particular >>> `gnus-secondary-select-methods'. >> >> That's right, I have `gnus-select-method' >> >> (nntp "news.gmane.io") >> >> and `gnus-secondary-select-methods' is >> >> ((nntp "nntp.aioe.org") (nnml "")) >> >> then one just adds groups with `gnus-group-make-group' in the >> Group buffer. >> >> Actually it should be a matter of doing it/something once, and >> input data... and then do it again, and again. >> >> It doesn't feel like it is like that tho ... but maybe it is, >> or could be? >> >> Hey, nobody said it was supposed to be easy, right? >> >> But actually it is pretty easy! Even if the process is either >> just a little bit wide (Norwegian) or not entirely >> streamlined (Swedish) :) > > 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. 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). Hope that helps! Eric