Variable: mail-directory-parser

mail-directory-parser is a customizable variable defined in mailalias.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

How to interpret the output of mail-directory-function.

Three types of values are possible:

  - nil means to gather each line as one name
  - regexp means first \(grouping\) in successive matches is name
  - function called at beginning of buffer that returns an alist of names

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/mailalias.el.gz
(defcustom mail-directory-parser nil
  "How to interpret the output of `mail-directory-function'.
Three types of values are possible:

  - nil means to gather each line as one name
  - regexp means first \\(grouping\\) in successive matches is name
  - function called at beginning of buffer that returns an alist of names"
  :type '(choice (const nil) regexp function)
  :risky t
  :group 'mailalias)