From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69460 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: total-expire based on msg count Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:43:42 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <8739zsxhu9.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <87bpeucrw3.fsf@newsguy.com> <87634s5c4n.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k4t4w3vq.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269287056 5284 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2010 19:44:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:44:16 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17855@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Mar 22 20:44:11 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtnXm-0002mG-FB for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:44:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NtnXe-0003FT-Rc; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:44:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NtnXd-0003FD-5z for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtnXc-0003cK-HU for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1NtoTg-0005RN-00 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:44:00 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtnXb-0002eL-2H for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:43:59 +0100 Original-Received: from 38.98.147.130 ([38.98.147.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:43:59 +0100 Original-Received: from tzz by 38.98.147.130 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:43:59 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.98.147.130 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" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:lJC1A1e7gkzMmMeiZ9GZ4xMuEV0= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69460 Archived-At: On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:30:33 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: HP> Ted Zlatanov writes: >> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:28 -0600 Harry Putnam wrote: >> HP> I've since converted those groups to nnml, where gnus gets more HP> annoyed if I do things behind its back, but it looks like it might be HP> harder to get the same result using gnus native functionality. >> >> I think you'll be happier with nnmaildir. It's designed for sharing and >> Gnus doesn't mind. So you could have your external script delete >> messages without a Gnus problem. HP> That may be true... I tried nnmaildir once quite some time ago and HP> hated the really clunky file names. If you handle any of it by hand HP> those names get to be a pain in the butt very soon. It's been OK for me with judicious use of `find' and `ack' but I like Perl so my sense of aesthetics is obviously skewed ;) Ted