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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus/nnmail.el')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el b/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el index 94589e1734d..c85ea7a9b0a 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ :group 'nnmail) (defcustom nnmail-split-methods '(("mail.misc" "")) - "*Incoming mail will be split according to this variable. + "Incoming mail will be split according to this variable. If you'd like, for instance, one mail group for mail from the \"4ad-l\" mailing list, one group for junk mail and one for everything @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ If nil, groups like \"mail.misc\" will end up in directories like :type 'integer) (defcustom nnmail-expiry-wait 7 - "*Expirable articles that are older than this will be expired. + "Expirable articles that are older than this will be expired. This variable can either be a number (which will be interpreted as a number of days) -- this doesn't have to be an integer. This variable can also be `immediate' and `never'." @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ E.g.: (function :format "%v" nnmail-))) (defcustom nnmail-expiry-target 'delete - "*Variable that says where expired messages should end up. + "Variable that says where expired messages should end up. The default value is `delete' (which says to delete the messages), but it can also be a string or a function. If it is a string, expired messages end up in that group. If it is a function, the function is @@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ If non-nil, also update the cache when copy or move articles." ;; Variable removed in No Gnus v0.7 (defcustom nnmail-resplit-incoming nil - "*If non-nil, re-split incoming procmail sorted mail." + "If non-nil, re-split incoming procmail sorted mail." :group 'nnmail-procmail :type 'boolean) (defcustom nnmail-scan-directory-mail-source-once nil - "*If non-nil, scan all incoming procmail sorted mails once. + "If non-nil, scan all incoming procmail sorted mails once. It scans low-level sorted spools even when not required." :version "21.1" :group 'nnmail-procmail @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ It scans low-level sorted spools even when not required." (if (string-match "windows-nt" (symbol-name system-type)) 'copy-file 'add-name-to-file) - "*Function called to create a copy of a file. + "Function called to create a copy of a file. This is `add-name-to-file' by default, which means that crossposts will use hard links. If your file system doesn't allow hard links, you could set this variable to `copy-file' instead." @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ links, you could set this variable to `copy-file' instead." (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) '(nnheader-ms-strip-cr) nil) - "*Hook that will be run after the incoming mail has been transferred. + "Hook that will be run after the incoming mail has been transferred. The incoming mail is moved from the specified spool file (which normally is something like \"/usr/spool/mail/$user\") to the user's home directory. This hook is called after the incoming mail box has been @@ -355,13 +355,13 @@ discarded after running the split process." :type 'hook) (defcustom nnmail-spool-hook nil - "*A hook called when a new article is spooled." + "A hook called when a new article is spooled." :version "22.1" :group 'nnmail :type 'hook) (defcustom nnmail-large-newsgroup 50 - "*The number of articles which indicates a large newsgroup or nil. + "The number of articles which indicates a large newsgroup or nil. If the number of articles is greater than the value, verbose messages will be shown to indicate the current status." :group 'nnmail-various @@ -489,12 +489,12 @@ Example: (from . "from\\|sender\\|resent-from") (nato . "to\\|cc\\|resent-to\\|resent-cc") (naany . "from\\|to\\|cc\\|sender\\|resent-from\\|resent-to\\|resent-cc")) - "*Alist of abbreviations allowed in `nnmail-split-fancy'." + "Alist of abbreviations allowed in `nnmail-split-fancy'." :group 'nnmail-split :type '(repeat (cons :format "%v" symbol regexp))) (defcustom nnmail-message-id-cache-length 1000 - "*The approximate number of Message-IDs nnmail will keep in its cache. + "The approximate number of Message-IDs nnmail will keep in its cache. If this variable is nil, no checking on duplicate messages will be performed." :group 'nnmail-duplicate @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ performed." :type 'file) (defcustom nnmail-treat-duplicates 'warn - "*If non-nil, nnmail keep a cache of Message-IDs to discover mail duplicates. + "If non-nil, nnmail keep a cache of Message-IDs to discover mail duplicates. Three values are valid: nil, which means that nnmail is not to keep a Message-ID cache; `warn', which means that nnmail should insert extra headers to warn the user about the duplication (this is the default); |