Sorting not Sorting

Sorting not Sorting

[Chris Richards]

Howdy.

I use 'nnmail-split-methods' for my splitting needs.  I use the
nnfolder backend with nothing special (i.e., no extra spool files,
procmail, etc.).  It reads from $MAIL and splits appropriately.

I recently added two additional split rules.  These rules, however,
are not splitting the incoming mail (when it is processed from $MAIL).
The messages fall-over to the default nnfolder.  The other rules are
still working fine.

Here's the twist.  When I go into the default folder, mark the
messages that *should* have been split (#) and refile (B r), the
messages get put ito the correct folders.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
cjr

Re: Sorting not Sorting

[Kai Großjohann]

Stab in the dark: are you splitting on X-From-Line?  This header is
added by Gnus during mail fetching and is not available for splitting
(I think).
kai
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~/.signature: No such file or directory

Re: Sorting not Sorting

[Chris Richards]

Nope.  In fact, here is the relevant data.  The last three broken
rules would make you think that the ding split is wrong somehow...

cjr

(setq nnmail-split-methods
      '(("netpliance.teamc"  "^From:.*db2npi1@pearl")
        ("netpliance.astra"  "^\\(To\\|Cc\\):.*netpliance@.*astra\\.mb\\.ca")
        ("netpliance.mbox"   "^From:.*netpliance.\\(com\\|net\\)")
        ("lists.apm"         "^\\(To\\|Cc\\):.*apm@.*ssz\\.com")
        ("lists.ding"        "^\\(To\\|Cc\\):.*ding@.*gnus\\.org")
        ("lists.dilbert"     "^To:.*dilbert@spunk")        ;; broken
        ("lists.uf"          "^To:.*userfriendly@spunk")   ;; broken
        ("lists.word"        "^From:.*word@")              ;; broken
        ("mbox"  "")))


Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> Stab in the dark: are you splitting on X-From-Line?  This header is
> added by Gnus during mail fetching and is not available for splitting
> (I think).
> kai
> -- 
> ~/.signature: No such file or directory

Re: Sorting not Sorting

[Kai Großjohann]

Chris Richards <cjr@netpliance.net> writes:

> Nope.  In fact, here is the relevant data.  The last three broken
> rules would make you think that the ding split is wrong somehow...

Well, the complete variable looks good, including the three broken
splits _and_ the ding split preceding it.  Hm.

What happens if you do `B q' on a mail which was incorrectly put in
nnml:mbox?

What happens if you set mail-source-delete-incoming to nil, then let
mail accumulate, then fetch it, then `G f' the corresponding
~/Mail/Incoming* file, look for a mail which was incorrectly put in
nnml:mbox, do `B q' and `B r' there?

But I admit that I'm at the end of my rope.  I have no idea what might
be wrong -- the above are just suggestions to see if something strange
crops up which might indicate something.  Very vague, I know.

kai
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~/.signature: No such file or directory

Re: Sorting not Sorting

[Chris Richards]

Howdy.

Here is an update.  See below for a few comments.

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> What happens if you do `B q' on a mail which was incorrectly put in
> nnml:mbox?

They report that they should go to the split mailbox.  The third broken
rule (word@ address) split correctly last night.  However, the other
two did not.

> What happens if you set mail-source-delete-incoming to nil, then let
> mail accumulate, then fetch it, then `G f' the corresponding
> ~/Mail/Incoming* file, look for a mail which was incorrectly put in
> nnml:mbox, do `B q' and `B r' there?

I'll try this today.


Cheers,
cjr