Re: expiry-target

[Rod Whitby <list.ding@rwhitby.net>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> > No problem.  I didn't realise I was being asked, so I didn't realise I
> > was steadfastly refusing :-)
> 
> Well, not to labor a point but the messages I posted, that you replied
> to with your patch, *all* made requests for examples.

Agreed.  My eyes seem to have skipped the request for examples.

> > In my group parameters for my nnml:INBOX folder, I have:
> > 
> > ((expiry-wait . immediate)
> >  (expiry-target . "nnml:DELETED")
> >  (dummy
> >   (progn
> >     (local-set-key "d"
> > 		   'gnus-summary-put-mark-as-expirable-next)
> >     nil)))
> > 
> > So the 'd' (for delete) key marks the message as expirable, and the
> > messages are expired as soon as I leave the group (the immediate value
> > for expiry-wait).  You don't need that if you're happy with the 'E'
> > binding for expiry or can retrain your fingers after they used VM for
> > a number of years.  Now "expired" means "moved to the nnml:DELETED
> > folder" for this group.  This is analogous to the "Trash" folder in
> > Netscape.
> 
> OK, so only the first two lines are directly about the targetted
> expiry?  What does `dummy' do.

Yes.  The dummy variable is there so you can do the call to
local-set-key (see section 2.10 of the Gnus manual, under the entry
for "(variable form)".

> What does C-h v nnmail-expiry-target <RET> say on your setup?

'delete' - that is the default, and I override it with the group
parameters for certain groups.  The patches make sure that this works
as expected.

> Does this mean that (with your patch in place) I could say:
>  ((total-expire . t)
>  (expiry-wait . 14)  
>  (expiry-target . "nnml:TARGET")
> 
> In group params of a group and expirable stuff would show up in
> nnml:TARGET in two weeks?

That's what I would expect.

I have the following setting for mailing lists (including this one):

((total-expire . t)
 (expiry-target . delete)
 (expiry-wait . 7))

... and it works with the patch applied.

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