"The mail-fetching library."
:group 'gnus)
-(defcustom mail-sources nil
+(defcustom mail-sources '((file))
"*Where the mail backends will look for incoming mail.
-This variable is a list of mail source specifiers."
+This variable is a list of mail source specifiers.
+See Info node `(gnus)Mail Source Specifiers'."
:group 'mail-source
- :type 'sexp)
+ ;; This specification should be tidied up, particularly to avoid
+ ;; constant items appearing. (Perhaps there's scope for improvment
+ ;; in the widget code.)
+ :type `(repeat
+ (choice (const :tag "Default spool file" (file))
+ (list :tag "Specified spool file"
+ (const file)
+ (const :value :path)
+ file)
+ (cons :tag "Several files in a directory"
+ (const directory)
+ (choice
+ :tag "Options"
+ (const :tag "None" nil)
+ (repeat
+ (choice
+ (list :inline t :tag "path"
+ (const :value :path) directory)
+ (list :inline t :tag "suffix"
+ (const :value :suffix) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "predicate"
+ (const :value :predicate) function)
+ (list :inline t :tag "prescript"
+ (const :value :prescript) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "postscript"
+ (const :value :postscript) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "plugged"
+ (const :value :plugged) boolean)))))
+ (cons :tag "POP3 server"
+ (const pop)
+ (choice
+ :tag "Options"
+ (const :tag "None" nil)
+ (repeat
+ (choice
+ (list :inline t :tag "server"
+ (const :value :server) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "port"
+ (const :value :port) (choice number string))
+ (list :inline t :tag "user"
+ (const :value :user) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "password"
+ (const :value :password) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "program"
+ (const :value :program) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "prescript"
+ (const :value :prescript) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "postscript"
+ (const :value :postscript) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "function"
+ (const :value :function) function)
+ (list :inline t :tag "authentication"
+ (const :value :authentication)
+ (choice (const password)
+ (const apop)))
+ (list :inline t :tag "plugged"
+ (const :value :plugged) boolean)))))
+ (cons :tag "Maildir (qmail, postfix...)"
+ (const maildir)
+ (choice
+ :tag "Options"
+ (const :tag "None" nil)
+ (repeat
+ (choice
+ (list :inline t :tag "path"
+ (const :value :path) directory)
+ (list :inline t :tag "plugged"
+ (const :value :plugged) boolean)))))
+ (cons :tag "IMAP server"
+ (const imap)
+ (choice
+ :tag "Options"
+ (const :tag "None" nil)
+ (repeat
+ (choice
+ (list :inline t :tag "server"
+ (const :value :server) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "port"
+ (const :value :port)
+ (choice number string))
+ (list :inline t :tag "user"
+ (const :value :user) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "password"
+ (const :value :password) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "stream"
+ (const :value :stream)
+ (choice ,@(progn (require 'imap)
+ (mapcar
+ (lambda (a)
+ (list 'const (car a)))
+ imap-stream-alist))))
+ (list :inline t :tag "authenticator"
+ (const :value :authenticator)
+ (choice ,@(progn (require 'imap)
+ (mapcar
+ (lambda (a)
+ (list 'const (car a)))
+ imap-authenticator-alist))))
+ (list :inline t :tag "mailbox"
+ (const :value :mailbox) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "predicate"
+ (const :value :predicate) function)
+ (list :inline t :tag "fetchflag"
+ (const :value :fetchflag) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "dontexpunge"
+ (const :value :dontexpunge) boolean)
+ (list :inline t :tag "plugged"
+ (const :value :plugged) )))))
+ (cons :tag "Webmail server"
+ (const webmail)
+ (choice
+ :tag "Options"
+ (const :tag "None" nil)
+ (repeat
+ (choice
+ (list :inline t :tag "subtype"
+ (const :value :subtype)
+ ;; Should be generated from
+ ;; `webmail-type-definition', but we
+ ;; can't require webmail without W3.
+ (choice (const hotmail) (const yahoo)
+ (const netaddress) (const netscape)
+ (const my-deja)))
+ (list :inline t :tag "user"
+ (const :value :user) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "password"
+ (const :value :password) string)
+ (list :inline t :tag "dontexpunge"
+ (const :value :dontexpunge) boolean)
+ (list :inline t :tag "plugged"
+ (const :value :plugged) boolean))))))))
(defcustom mail-source-primary-source nil
"*Primary source for incoming mail.
(if on
(progn
(require 'time)
+ ;; display-time-mail-function is an Emacs 21 feature.
(setq display-time-mail-function #'mail-source-new-mail-p)
;; Set up the main timer.
(setq mail-source-report-new-mail-timer