Re: Can tin preserve all my postings for me?

Chris Green <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:12:53 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.network.tin.user
Message-ID	<20130723161252.GA5105@chris>

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 05:52:17PM +0200, Dennis Preiser wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 03:58:54PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > Is there a tin setting which will preserve all my postings in a local
> > directory for me?  I.e. something like the sentmail directory for a mail
> > client.
> 
> >From tin(1):
> 
> |        Filename to be used for  storing  posted  articles  (posted_arti-
> |        cles_file)
> |            Keep       posted       articles        in        ${TIN_HOME-
> |            DIR:-"$HOME"}/Mail/posted_articles_file.   If  no filename is
> |            set then postings will not be saved.  Default is 'posted'.
> 
Yes, but the *postings* are not saved in this file.  All that's saved
is a few details with the subject.  Here's an excerpt from the posted
file:-

    18-07-13|f|uk.telecom.mobile|Re: When is a phone not a phone?|<[email protected]>
    18-07-13|f|uk.telecom.mobile|Re: When is a phone not a phone?|<[email protected]>
    21-07-13|f|uk.telecom.mobile|Re: When is a phone not a phone?|<[email protected]>
    21-07-13|f|uk.telecom.mobile|Re: When is a phone not a phone?|<[email protected]>


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Chris Green