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Re: For the complete novice. Backend. Mail in gnus.
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Hadron Quark |
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Re: For the complete novice. Backend. Mail in gnus. |
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Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:00:53 +0200 |
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Don Saklad <dsaklad@gnu.org> writes:
> For the complete novice setting up mail in gnus, in that context
> what is the robust definition or definitions of this term?...
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> backend
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> A definition or definitions that makes the term backend
> completely clear for any novice.
Possibly it could be this easy:
"A mail backend system fetches and formats email for later manipulation
and display by a compatible front end. GNUS provides one such frontend
User Interface".
Here are listed different backends and the storage format which a front
end must be compatible with in order to use that data.
http://www.gnus.org/manual/gnus_175.html
If you read what these backends do, it will be clear enough.