From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Colin Baxter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Rmail tips Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:22:15 +0000 Message-ID: <87cyt5h28o.fsf@yandex.com> References: <87ttml9kkg.fsf@gmail.com> <87le7t68k5.fsf@benghancock.com> Reply-To: m43cap@yandex.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5814"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Fernando de Morais , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Ben Hancock Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 09 20:23:15 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rYWSw-0001LU-OM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:23:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rYWSJ-0001rD-Iq; Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:22:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rYWSG-0001qj-Ap for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:22:32 -0500 Original-Received: from forward500a.mail.yandex.net ([178.154.239.80]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rYWSE-0008IQ-0Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:22:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-84.vla.yp-c.yandex.net (mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-84.vla.yp-c.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:c2b:7a7:0:640:3f88:0]) by forward500a.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTPS id C019660FE0; Fri, 9 Feb 2024 22:22:17 +0300 (MSK) Original-Received: by mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-84.vla.yp-c.yandex.net (smtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id FMpN1OHNimI0-tEqodaVj; Fri, 09 Feb 2024 22:22:17 +0300 X-Yandex-Fwd: 1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1707506537; bh=F65jy5bxWoYgUEM2lvzvQldj1oCnLkrB517JFyX/RYk=; h=Message-ID:References:Date:Reply-To:Cc:In-Reply-To:Subject:To: From; b=vN5MeSZprmj9c/Kvy1B7lJTWu3knkG/PbU/+u9uI11bVa3ZFO1Orz8HxXzGq0ggWQ YPQtgBEqr8U1ZnbbNuWTzxPsUXhIoA06UnicYsei4+ooie4tooijUwwuLRZO5hhj3x V8HhZ7u823M6okoE1b2Yuk8pXIYgFgBYjh/ueOfk= Authentication-Results: mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-84.vla.yp-c.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.com In-Reply-To: <87le7t68k5.fsf@benghancock.com> (Ben Hancock's message of "Fri, 09 Feb 2024 06:01:14 -0800") X-Face: BHjiJOg/Qmj'BQgsAKL@])L)e62P)C"Y=6T Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEkAAAATAgMAAAChCMjeAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAACVBMVEX/zAABCWP///8I RHjYAAAAAWJLR0QCZgt8ZAAAAAlwSFlzAAALEwAACxMBAJqcGAAAAAd0SU1FB+UFEAk5BvqS634A AAAbSURBVBjTY2BgCA1hYA0FAxDDgQEERsXoIAYA2F9Eb3cpB+AAAAAldEVYdGRhdGU6Y3JlYXRl ADIwMjEtMDUtMTZUMTA6NTY6MTcrMDE6MDCh/kkpAAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOm1vZGlmeQAyMDIxLTA1 LTE2VDA5OjU3OjA2KzAxOjAwTyZ6HwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Received-SPF: pass client-ip=178.154.239.80; envelope-from=m43cap@yandex.com; helo=forward500a.mail.yandex.net X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:145897 Archived-At: >>>>> Ben Hancock writes: > Fernando de Morais writes: >> I believe this answer is long overdue and now, after a few months >> of use, you should have already configured RMAIL to suit your >> needs. >> >> However, here are some recommendations for things that were >> helpful to me when using RMAIL: > Thanks for your kind reply and these helpful snippets, Fernando. I > just recently started using Mairix, which has been great. > The one thing I still haven't found the optimal approach for in > RMAIL is filtering mails into dedicated mailboxes -- for example, > for high-volume mailing lists, that I may want to keep out of my > regular RMAIL inbox. > I've tried using the rmail-automatic-folder-directives variable to > handle this, but it has the downside that mails are marked as seen > when they are filed away; they also still land in the main RMAIL > file first. > My MTA (maildrop) of course can put incoming mails into specific > files based on conditions. But if I just visit those files with > RMAIL, i.e. by using the 'i' command, there is also no distinction > between what is old and what is unseen. It seems that I would have > to configure those files as separate _inboxes_, and fetch mail > from them into another RMAIL file. > That's doable, but I'm wondering if there's another way ... or if > I should abandon filtering altogether and just search? I filter incoming mail by means of procmail and then read the mailboxes using "rmail-input". This might be too simple for what you want, of course. Best wishes, Colin Baxter.