Re: Add nnimap to gnus-auto-subscribed-groups

Re: Add nnimap to gnus-auto-subscribed-groups

[Reiner Steib]

On Sat, May 17 2008, Daniel Clemente wrote:
>   the manual says about gnus-auto-subscribed-groups :
>
>> By default this variable makes all new groups that
> come from mail back ends (nnml, nnbabyl, nnfolder,
> nnmbox, nnmh, and nnmaildir) subscribed.
>
>   I think that nnimap should be added there (at the
> manual and at the variable in latest gnus).

On Mon, Jun 30 2008, Daniel Clemente wrote:
>   Could this be done? We have to change the variable and the documentation. Maybe other mail methods should also be included there, not only imap.
>
>   I attach a patch to add nnimap there.

Does anyone see a problem with this change?

> diff -u -r7.66 gnus-start.el
> --- lisp/gnus-start.el	19 May 2008 08:47:42 -0000	7.66
> +++ lisp/gnus-start.el	30 Jun 2008 08:48:49 -0000
> @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
>    :type 'boolean)
>
>  (defcustom gnus-auto-subscribed-groups
> -  "^nnml\\|^nnfolder\\|^nnmbox\\|^nnmh\\|^nnbabyl\\|^nnmaildir"
> +  "^nnml\\|^nnfolder\\|^nnmbox\\|^nnmh\\|^nnbabyl\\|^nnmaildir\\|^nnimap"
>    "*All new groups that match this regexp will be subscribed automatically.
>  Note that this variable only deals with new groups.  It has no effect
>  whatsoever on old groups.
> cvs server: Diffing pgg
> cvs server: Diffing smilies
> cvs server: Diffing texi
> Index: texi/gnus.texi
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/texi/gnus.texi,v
> retrieving revision 7.296
> diff -u -r7.296 gnus.texi
> --- texi/gnus.texi	17 Jun 2008 21:37:01 -0000	7.296
> +++ texi/gnus.texi	30 Jun 2008 08:48:59 -0000
> @@ -1348,9 +1348,9 @@
>  more meant for setting some ground rules, while the other variable is
>  used more for user fiddling.  By default this variable makes all new
>  groups that come from mail back ends (@code{nnml}, @code{nnbabyl},
> -@code{nnfolder}, @code{nnmbox}, @code{nnmh}, and @code{nnmaildir})
> -subscribed.  If you don't like that, just set this variable to
> -@code{nil}.
> +@code{nnfolder}, @code{nnmbox}, @code{nnmh}, @code{nnmaildir}, and
> +@code{nnimap}) subscribed.  If you don't like that, just set this
> +variable to @code{nil}.
>
>  New groups that match this regexp are subscribed using
>  @code{gnus-subscribe-options-newsgroup-method}.

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Re: Add nnimap to gnus-auto-subscribed-groups

[David Engster]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
> On Sat, May 17 2008, Daniel Clemente wrote:
>>   the manual says about gnus-auto-subscribed-groups :
>>
>>> By default this variable makes all new groups that
>> come from mail back ends (nnml, nnbabyl, nnfolder,
>> nnmbox, nnmh, and nnmaildir) subscribed.
>>
>>   I think that nnimap should be added there (at the
>> manual and at the variable in latest gnus).
>
> On Mon, Jun 30 2008, Daniel Clemente wrote:
>>   Could this be done? We have to change the variable and the documentation. Maybe other mail methods should also be included there, not only imap.
>>
>>   I attach a patch to add nnimap there.
>
> Does anyone see a problem with this change?

Please see my original reply to that mail. I don't think IMAP supports
determining new groups.

-David

Re: Add nnimap to gnus-auto-subscribed-groups

[David Engster]

[From gnus.bug - Adding nnimap to gnus-auto-subscribed-groups]

Daniel Clemente <dcl441-bugs@yahoo.com> writes:
> (defcustom gnus-auto-subscribed-groups
>-  "^nnml\\|^nnfolder\\|^nnmbox\\|^nnmh\\|^nnbabyl\\|^nnmaildir"
>+  "^nnml\\|^nnfolder\\|^nnmbox\\|^nnmh\\|^nnbabyl\\|^nnmaildir\\|^nnimap"
>   "*All new groups that match this regexp will be subscribed automatically.
> Note that this variable only deals with new groups.  It has no effect
> whatsoever on old groups.

> Hi, was this fixed?

Does that really work for you? AFAIK, IMAP has no way of determining
which groups are actually new. If I create a new IMAP folder outside
Gnus and add nnimap to gnus-auto-subscribed-groups, nothing happens. But
I guess that may depend on the IMAP server (I use dovecot). Maybe it
works with other servers, but then I'd wonder what happens when you kill
a group and restart Gnus.

-David