From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/58121 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Ted Zlatanov" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Enhanced virtual groups Date: 16 Jul 2004 12:44:54 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <4nn01zewah.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <87brigcb54.fsf@nwalsh.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089997513 6628 80.91.224.253 (16 Jul 2004 17:05:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M6662@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Jul 16 19:04:49 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BlW8d-0000mv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:04:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BlW8S-0002nK-00; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:04:36 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BlW8O-0002nF-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:04:32 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BlW8N-0003nr-W1 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:04:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.bwh.harvard.edu (sysblade0.bwh.harvard.edu [134.174.9.44]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A873A00B3 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:04:31 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 15860 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2004 16:57:20 -0000 Envelope-Sender: tzz@lifelogs.com Envelope-Recipients: ndw@nwalsh.com, ding@gnus.org, Original-Received: from asimov.bwh.harvard.edu (HELO asimov) ([134.174.9.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail.bwh.harvard.edu (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Jul 2004 16:57:20 -0000 Mail-Followup-To: "Norman Walsh" , ding@gnus.org Original-To: "Norman Walsh" X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" In-Reply-To: <87brigcb54.fsf@nwalsh.com> (Norman Walsh's message of "Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:52:23 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58121 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58121 On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, ndw@nwalsh.com wrote: > This is mostly a curiousity question. One of my colleagues was > describing a feature of Evolution that he really finds useful: the > ability to have virtual folders based on criteria more selective than > gnus virtual groups (as I understand them). > > In particular, he has a virtual folder for "all mail less than 24 > hours old" and another for "all mail addressed to him". > > Anyone thought of implementing something like that in gnus? Or maybe > it's already been done. Wouldn't be the first time :-) It would be pretty easy to use the Gnus registry to build a list of messages that have the time or sender attribute as you describe (those are already stored in the registry). More attributes, e.g. size of message, can be added very easily. Ted