6.6.4.2 SOUP Groups

nnsoup is the back end for reading soup packets. It will read incoming packets, unpack them, and put them in a directory where you can read them at leisure.

These are the variables you can use to customize its behavior:

nnsoup-tmp-directory

When nnsoup unpacks a soup packet, it does it in this directory. (/tmp/ by default.)

nnsoup-directory

nnsoup then moves each message and index file to this directory. The default is ~/SOUP/.

nnsoup-replies-directory

All replies will be stored in this directory before being packed into a reply packet. The default is ~/SOUP/replies/.

nnsoup-replies-format-type

The soup format of the replies packets. The default is ‘?n’ (rnews), and I don't think you should touch that variable. I probably shouldn't even have documented it. Drats! Too late!

nnsoup-replies-index-type

The index type of the replies packet. The default is ‘?n’, which means “none”. Don't fiddle with this one either!

nnsoup-active-file

Where nnsoup stores lots of information. This is not an “active file” in the nntp sense; it's an Emacs Lisp file. If you lose this file or mess it up in any way, you're dead. The default is ~/SOUP/active.

nnsoup-packer

Format string command for packing a reply soup packet. The default is ‘tar cf - %s | gzip > $HOME/Soupin%d.tgz’.

nnsoup-unpacker

Format string command for unpacking incoming soup packets. The default is ‘gunzip -c %s | tar xvf -’.

nnsoup-packet-directory

Where nnsoup will look for incoming packets. The default is ~/.

nnsoup-packet-regexp

Regular expression matching incoming soup packets. The default is ‘Soupout’.

nnsoup-always-save

If non-nil, save the replies buffer after each posted message.