Re: Methods to refer to threads in archives besides Google

James Thomas <[email protected]> Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:43:41 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.gnus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Björn Bidar wrote:

> While configuring my Gnus to search better when referring to threads
> I stumbled on the nnweb backend.
> Looking at nnweb again made me think isn't there any other source that
> could use the nnweb backend such as one that uses mailman archives?
>
> Another thing that I learned sometime ago are public-inbox archives.
> Wouldn't those be perfect for Gnus to search in? Some of them are just
> plain IMAP making them very easy to adapt into Gnus.

If this public-inbox offers a direct link for any message-id, or one
obtainable via searching, you can add a method to nnweb-type-definition.

Regards,
James