From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Splitting nnmaildir groups
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:51:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mt9j52ap.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875yg8b0iq.fsf@disroot.org> (Akib Azmain Turja's message of "Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:33:49 +0600")
On 10/25/22 17:33 PM, Akib Azmain Turja wrote:
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:
>>
>>> [ This is a correction of my previous message with wrong subject. I
>>> actually wanted to mean nnmaildir, not nnmailbox. Sorry for the
>>> mistake. ]
>>>
>>> I have subscribed to some high volume mailing lists, and I some miss
>>> important messages within those less important message.
>>>
>>> How to split nnmaildir groups? I download my mails with mbsync and have
>>> the following select methods:
>>>
>>> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
>>> (setq
>>> gnus-secondary-select-methods
>>> '((nnmaildir
>>> "disroot"
>>> (directory "~/Documents/mail/akib@disroot.org/"))
>>> (nnmaildir
>>> "gmail"
>>> (directory "~/Documents/mail/akib8492@gmail.com-gnus/"))))
>>>
>>>
>>> And the split rules:
>>>
>>> (setq nnmail-split-methods #'nnmail-split-fancy)
>>> (setq nnmail-split-fancy '(| "mail.other"))
>>
>> If you just specify other mailboxes as split targets (ie your
>> "mail.other" here), they should be automatically created. Is that not
>> happening for you?
>>
>>
>
> No, I can't find new group. Is my "nnmail-split-fancy" variable's value
> valid?
No, good point -- the symbol `nnmail-split-fancy' has both function and
variable values. Using a sharp quote (#') selects the function value but
you want the variable value, so just a regular quote:
(setq nnmail split-methods 'nnmail-split-fancy)
I think! This bit is always a little confusing.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-25 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-24 13:11 Splitting nnmaildir groups Akib Azmain Turja
2022-10-24 15:48 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-10-25 11:33 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2022-10-25 15:51 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
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