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Mail Folders
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   `nnfolder' is a back end for storing each mail group in a separate
file.  Each file is in the standard Un*x mbox format.  `nnfolder' will
add extra headers to keep track of article numbers and arrival dates.

   Virtual server settings:

`nnfolder-directory'
     All the `nnfolder' mail boxes will be stored under this directory.

`nnfolder-active-file'
     The name of the active file.

`nnfolder-newsgroups-file'
     The name of the group descriptions file.  Note: Newsgroups File
     Format.

`nnfolder-get-new-mail'
     If non-`nil', `nnfolder' will read incoming mail.

`nnfolder-save-buffer-hook'
     Hook run before saving the folders.  Note that Emacs does the
     normal backup renaming of files even with the `nnfolder' buffers.
     If you wish to switch this off, you could say something like the
     following in your `.emacs' file:

          (defun turn-off-backup ()
            (set (make-local-variable 'backup-inhibited) t))
          
          (add-hook 'nnfolder-save-buffer-hook 'turn-off-backup)

`nnfolder-delete-mail-hook'
     Hook run in a buffer narrowed to the message that is to be deleted.
     This function can be used to copy the message to somewhere else,
     or to extract some information from it before removing it.

   If you have lots of `nnfolder'-like files you'd like to read with
`nnfolder', you can use the `M-x nnfolder-generate-active-file' command
to make `nnfolder' aware of all likely files in `nnfolder-directory'.
This only works if you use long file names, though.