Gnus expiry-target and maildir

Gnus expiry-target and maildir

[Sven Bretfeld]

Hello to all

I'm a complete newbie to Gnus, but I could solve most of my starting
problems by reading appropriate documentations. There is one thing left
I cannot solve alone.

I'm trying to tell Gnus to save expired mail in a
maildir-directory. This is what I have in my .gnus.el:

(setq gnus-directory "~/.Mail")
(setq message-directory "~/.Mail/Mail")
(setq message-auto-save-directory "~/.Mail/drafts")

(setq
 gnus-select-method '(nnmaildir "Mail" (directory "~/.Mail/"))
 mail-sources '((maildir :path "~/.Mail/" :subdirs ("cur" "new")))
 mail-source-delete-incoming t)
 (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil)
 (setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnmaildir+Mail:outbox")
 (setq gnus-summary-same-subject "")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-root "")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-indent "")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-leaf-with-other "+-> ")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-vertical "|")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-leaf "`-> ")
 (setq message-generate-headers-first t)
 (setq nnmail-expiry-target "nnmaildir+Mail:expired")

The last line should make expired mail to be stored in a maildir
~/.Mail/expired/. At least I think so from reading the manuals. However,
if I mark an email as expirable ("E") and run gnus-group-expire-articles
(or just leave the summary buffer) it just vanishes, seemingly deleted
from the disk. The folder ~/.Mail/expired/ stays empty. (I try it with
old spam-mail, so it's not a loss. Of course, I make read mail visible
when entering the group, that's not the mistake.) 

But what can be the problem?

Thanks for suggestions

Sven

Re: Gnus expiry-target and maildir

[Reiner Steib]

On Tue, Oct 16 2007, Sven Bretfeld wrote:

>  gnus-select-method '(nnmaildir "Mail" (directory "~/.Mail/"))
[...]
>  (setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnmaildir+Mail:outbox")
[...]
>  (setq nnmail-expiry-target "nnmaildir+Mail:expired")

Just a shot in the dark...

There's an inconsistency here: In `gnus-select-method' you specify
nnmaildir as the native select method while `nnmail-expiry-target'
specifies a secondary select method.

In the Group buffer, you can jump to native groups e.g. using `j
some.group RET', while for secondary groups, you need to use `j
nnmaildir+Mail:some.group'.

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: Gnus expiry-target and maildir

[Reiner Steib]

On Tue, Oct 16 2007, Reiner Steib wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 16 2007, Sven Bretfeld wrote:
>
>>  gnus-select-method '(nnmaildir "Mail" (directory "~/.Mail/"))
> [...]
>>  (setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnmaildir+Mail:outbox")
> [...]
>>  (setq nnmail-expiry-target "nnmaildir+Mail:expired")
>
> Just a shot in the dark...
>
> There's an inconsistency here: In `gnus-select-method' you specify
> nnmaildir as the native select method while `nnmail-expiry-target'
> specifies a secondary select method.
>
> In the Group buffer, you can jump to native groups e.g. using `j
> some.group RET', while for secondary groups, you need to use `j
> nnmaildir+Mail:some.group'.

BTW, you might receive more feedback on Gnus in gnu.emacs.gnus (aka
aka info-gnus-english<at>gnu.org aka gmane.emacs.gnus.user).

Bye, Reiner.
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Gnus expiry-target and maildir

[sven.bretfeld]

Hello to all

I'm a complete newbie to Gnus, but I could solve most of my starting
problems by reading appropriate documentations. There is one thing left
I cannot solve alone.

I'm trying to tell Gnus to save expired mail in a
maildir-directory. This is what I have in my .gnus.el:

(setq gnus-directory "~/.Mail")
(setq message-directory "~/.Mail/Mail")
(setq message-auto-save-directory "~/.Mail/drafts")

(setq
 gnus-select-method '(nnmaildir "Mail" (directory "~/.Mail/"))
 mail-sources '((maildir :path "~/.Mail/" :subdirs ("cur" "new")))
 mail-source-delete-incoming t)
 (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil)
 (setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnmaildir+Mail:outbox")
 (setq gnus-summary-same-subject "")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-root "")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-indent "")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-leaf-with-other "+-> ")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-vertical "|")
 (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-leaf "`-> ")
 (setq message-generate-headers-first t)
 (setq nnmail-expiry-target "nnmaildir+Mail:expired")

The last line should make expired mail to be stored in a maildir
~/.Mail/expired/. At least I think so from reading the manuals. However,
if I mark an email as expirable ("E") and run gnus-group-expire-articles
(or just leave the summary buffer) it just vanishes, seemingly deleted
from the disk. The folder ~/.Mail/expired/ stays empty. (I try it with
old spam-mail, so it's not a loss. Of course, I make read mail visible
when entering the group, that's not the mistake.) 

But what can be the problem?

Thanks for suggestions

Sven