From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31244 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2020 11:47:13 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Jul 2020 11:47:13 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1jsm3U-0003Bl-Ie; Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:46:32 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1jsm3Q-000393-JR for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:46:28 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1jsm3O-00DkmA-V6 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:46:28 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=6P0MxSy8sNNDgUnTubA5+wGaAMTYuQe+jp+3OpLbxrw=; b=XT1kItFXu2lgc8d/Ud8HOsZVqj F75TkbksHaAEDwxU1bm3PRFeve46umDdQikr7TKQ38IBFhLUZbtBjB3Q961pdefGbuxyj88ytE6x7 ziCT2wPpS4knM3pZIswORUsSJbvqOjvmk2yD2Mq3RCOXx+eC6fVlAiBcO7uI9ihI66sY=; Received: from asav22.altibox.net ([109.247.116.9]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jsm3E-0004BX-Nl for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:46:22 +0200 Received: from localmail.famsolberg.com (unknown [81.166.170.241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by asav22.altibox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BFAD2002F for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 13:46:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: by localmail.famsolberg.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EA9D510807ED; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 13:46:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Bjorn Solberg To: ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: Fetch range of older articles from nnimap? References: <867dvkbxxx.fsf@famsolberg.com> <87mu4b20x1.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:46:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87mu4b20x1.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:18:34 +0100") Message-ID: <86sge31rax.fsf@famsolberg.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=YqEhubQX c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=fsIZ4aB+51UKHf6knL/0tA==:117 a=fsIZ4aB+51UKHf6knL/0tA==:17 a=_RQrkK6FrEwA:10 a=RVLlgFck8_eV-M91BPIA:9 List-ID: Precedence: bulk On Tue, Jul 07 2020 at 09:18:34 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Friday, 3 Jul 2020 at 14:11, Bjorn Solberg wrote: >> Is there currently a way to rather specify a range to be fetched, >> e.g. "articles 1 -100", "articles 101 -200" and so on? > > You could try using nnir (G G on the group line) with full IMAP search > syntax. Check out pages 50-51 of the RFC3501 specification [1] (BEFORE > and SINCE search terms) and the gnus info page on the nnir search. Thanks, that prompted me to finally look into nnir. The info pages were somewhat slim with no examples, but also looking at the code I ended up with e.g. C-u G G since 10-Jan-2010 before 10-Feb-2010 RET imap RET gave me what I needed. Thanks for the help! Bjorn