From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Roger Mason Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: struggling with gnus imap Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:54:58 -0330 Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland Message-ID: References: <878wqdpjsy.fsf@bornier.net> <874p11pd2a.fsf@bornier.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229712043 14280 80.91.229.12 (19 Dec 2008 18:40:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:40:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 19 19:41:48 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LDkIE-0004cs-Vy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:41:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55707 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDkH2-0000gz-MM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:40:32 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!elk.ncren.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!News.Dal.Ca!news.mun.ca!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 57 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: minnie.esd.mun.ca Original-X-Trace: klimt.ucs.mun.ca 1229711137 24633 134.153.36.8 (19 Dec 2008 18:25:37 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@mun.ca Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:25:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:OoqOniONG9r41ggcpgWwfAVOv8w= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:165529 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60860 Archived-At: Hello, harven writes: > "Sven Bretfeld" writes: > >> Roger Mason writes: >> >>>> What do you see when you "open server buffer" (use "^" in gnus to do that)? >>> >>> {nnfolder:archive} (opened) >>> {nnimap:MUN} (opened) >>> {nnml:} (opened) >>> {nntp:coranto.ucs.mun.ca} (opened) (agent) >> >> I also shifted from nnml to nnimap this week. I had similar problems at >> the beginning. As far as I can remember, it worked after I deleted >> (renamed) ~/.newsrc and ~/.newsrc.eld. But you have to subscribe to all >> groups again and re-create your topics if you do that. But this takes >> only a few seconds. Just open the server buffer with "^" enter the >> servers (RET) and hit "u" on every relevant group. Your imap-Server MUN >> should show all folders extant on the server as groups ready to be >> subscribed. >> >> You can create new imap-folders by hitting "G m" in the summary buffer. >> Type in a name (e.g. "Important") RET nnimap:MUN RET. Hit "G del" if you >> want to delete a folder. >> >> I still don't know how I should configure expiry. I would like to delete >> the mail in some folders by hand (in case of folders where I keep >> messages that still demand action), while the usual inbox should delete >> its contents automatically after some 30 days. >> >> Greetings >> >> Sven > > This can be done using gnus-parameters. > See (info"(gnus)Group Parameters") under the item expiry-wait. For example, > > (setq nnmail-expiry-wait 30) > (setq gnus-parameters > '(("imap.*\\|nndoc.*" > (expiry-wait . immediate)) > ("name-of-some-folder" > (expiry-wait . never)))) The key was surprizingly simple: "^"! Thank-you Jean, Sven, Richard and Harven. It is now working. I will be exploring how to move mail that I want to keep from the imap server to my office machine over the coming days. No doubt I will have more questions. Thanks again. Roger