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diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi index 2a1f5ac2cc1..cb900626670 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ @c %**start of header @c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c -@setfilename gnus-faq.info -@settitle Frequently Asked Questions +@c @setfilename gnus-faq.info +@c @settitle Frequently Asked Questions @c %**end of header @c @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Please submit features and suggestions to the @email{ding@@gnus.org, ding list}. @node FAQ - Changes -@subheading Changes +@subsection Changes @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ reference to discontinued service. @end itemize @node FAQ - Introduction -@subheading Introduction +@subsection Introduction This is the Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list. @@ -705,32 +705,9 @@ retrieves via POP3? @subsubheading Answer -First of all, that's not the way POP3 is intended to work, -if you have the possibility, you should use the IMAP -Protocol if you want your messages to stay on the -server. Nevertheless there might be situations where you -need the feature, but sadly Gnus itself has no predefined -functionality to do so. - -However this is Gnus county so there are possibilities to -achieve what you want. The easiest way is to get an external -program which retrieves copies of the mail and stores them -on disk, so Gnus can read it from there. On Unix systems you -could use, e.g., fetchmail for this, on MS Windows you can use -Hamster, an excellent local news and mail server. - -The other solution would be, to replace the method Gnus -uses to get mail from POP3 servers by one which is capable -of leaving the mail on the server. If you use XEmacs, get -the package mail-lib, it includes an enhanced pop3.el, -look in the file, there's documentation on how to tell -Gnus to use it and not to delete the retrieved mail. For -GNU Emacs look for the file epop3.el which can do the same -(If you know the home of this file, please send me an -e-mail). You can also tell Gnus to use an external program -(e.g., fetchmail) to fetch your mail, see the info node -"Mail Source Specifiers" in the Gnus manual on how to do -it. +Yes, if the POP3 server supports the UIDL control (maybe almost servers +do it nowadays). To do that, add a @code{:leave VALUE} pair to each +POP3 mail source. See @pxref{Mail Source Specifiers} for VALUE. @node FAQ 4 - Reading messages @subsection Reading messages @@ -1218,7 +1195,7 @@ from using them): messages? * FAQ 5-3:: How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To, signature...? -* FAQ 5-4:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on +* FAQ 5-4:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc. group based on the group I post too? * FAQ 5-5:: Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly spell-checking? |