Re: mail.nntp.newsrc property

Chris Burdess <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:45:27 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.classpath.extensions.javamail
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Chris Burdess wrote:
>> I tried setting the mail.nntp.newsrc property but I found this is did
>> not work and was not implemented.
>
> No. The idea here is that you could set this property to have a 
> special-purpose newsrc class (e.g. for reading newsrc information from 
> a database). It's not finished yet.
>
>> There doesn't seem to be very much special code for the case that it 
>> is
>> not set.
>> If the mail.nntp.newsrc property is difficult is it possible to have a
>> mail.nntp.newsrc.dir property so that it is possible to move the
>> directory that .newsrc is stored in?
>> I'm trying to write an application that has multiple identities and I
>> want to have all the nntp subscription details separated.
>>
>> Any work around would be appreciated.
>
> I can certainly implement another property (e.g. 
> mail.nntp.newsrc.file) that allows you to specify the filename of a 
> file-based newsrc file, if that would be more convenient.

Further to this, try CVS HEAD and see if this works for you.
-- 
Chris Burdess