Re: expiry-target

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

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> Sorry to report, with your patch in place, I see no results whatever
> with these settings in nnml:cartman2:
> 
> ;;; Editing the group parameters for `nnml:cartman2'.
> ;; Type `C-c C-c' after you've finished editing.
> 
> ((to-address . "cartman-list@redhat.com")
>  (total-expire . t)
>  (expiry-wait . 20)
>  (expiry-target . "nnml:TARGET"))

That's very strange.  I just tried the following on nnml:list.ding and
it worked fine:

((to-address . "ding@gnus.org")
 (posting-style
  (address "list.ding@rwhitby.net"))
 (total-expire . t)
 (expiry-target . "nnml:LISTS")
 (expiry-wait . immediate))

Did you re- byte-compile the files after applying the patch ?  You may
be seeing the old behaviour from the .elc file instead of the new
behaviour from the patched .el file.

> > '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.
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Why do you need to override `nnmail-expiry-target delete' with another
> `delete' in group params?

I had a higher-level parameter on a Topic with a different target.  In
general, you don't need it.

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