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diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi index ba61fd7224..f90b0f9684 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi @@ -3035,6 +3035,12 @@ to. If it is set, the value is used as the method for posting message instead of @code{gnus-post-method}. +@item mail-source +@cindex mail-source +If it is set, and the setting of @code{mail-sources} includes a +@code{group} mail source (@pxref{Mail Sources}), the value is a +mail source for this group. + @item banner @cindex banner An item like @code{(banner . @var{regexp})} causes any part of an article @@ -14145,6 +14151,21 @@ element is a @dfn{mail source type}, followed by an arbitrary number of @dfn{keywords}. Keywords that are not explicitly specified are given default values. +The @code{mail-sources} is global for all mail groups. You can specify +an additional mail source for a particular group by including the +@code{group} mail specifier in @code{mail-sources}, and setting a +@code{mail-source} group parameter (@pxref{Group Parameters}) specifying +a single mail source. When this is used, @code{mail-sources} is +typically just @code{(group)}; the @code{mail-source} parameter for a +group might look like this: + +@lisp +(mail-source . (file :path "home/user/spools/foo.spool")) +@end lisp + +This means that the group's (and only this group's) messages will be +fetched from the spool file @samp{/user/spools/foo.spool}. + The following mail source types are available: @table @code @@ -14535,6 +14556,11 @@ An example webmail source: :user "user-name" :password "secret") @end lisp + +@item group +Get the actual mail source from the @code{mail-source} group parameter, +@xref{Group Parameters}. + @end table @table @dfn |