gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Husain Alshehhi]

Hello,

I am using an nnimap method, and I have set

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+myemail@example.com:Sent")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Additionally, I set the gcc-self value:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  (gnus-parameters
   '((".*"
      (gcc-self . "nnimap+myemail@example.com:Sent")
      (gnus-use-adaptive-scoring nil)
      (auto-expire . nil)
      (total-expire . nil))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

When I respond to an email in nnimap+myemail@example.com:INBOX, gnus
automatically addes a Gcc header. This is the intended
behavior. However, when I C-x m (compose-mail), no Gcc header is added,
and my sent email is lost.

Any idea why this is the case, and why both gnus-message-archive-group
and gcc-self are not working as expected?

Husain

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Husain Alshehhi]

Checking to see if someone knows of a solution to this problem.

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Husain Alshehhi]

After searching in the emacs documentation, and thanks to the
"apropos-documentation" command and searching for "GCC", I found that I
needed to set (setq mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent).

> mail-user-agent is a variable defined in ‘simple.el’.
> 
> Its value is ‘gnus-user-agent’
> Original value was 
> ‘message-user-agent’
> 
> Your preference for a mail composition package.
> Various Emacs Lisp packages (e.g. Reporter) require you to compose an
> outgoing email message.  This variable lets you specify which
> mail-sending package you prefer.
> 
> Valid values include:
> 
>   ‘message-user-agent’  -- use the Message package.
>                            See Info node ‘(message)’.
>   ‘sendmail-user-agent’ -- use the Mail package.
>                            See Info node ‘(emacs)Sending Mail’.
>   ‘mh-e-user-agent’     -- use the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
>                            See Info node ‘(mh-e)’.
>   ‘gnus-user-agent’     -- like ‘message-user-agent’, but with Gnus
>                            paraphernalia if Gnus is running, particularly
>                            the Gcc: header for archiving.

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Gijs Hillenius]

On 29 March 2024 22:30 Husain Alshehhi, wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using an nnimap method, and I have set
>
> (gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+myemail@example.com:Sent")
>
>
> Additionally, I set the gcc-self value:
>
>   (gnus-parameters
>    '((".*"
>       (gcc-self . "nnimap+myemail@example.com:Sent")
>       (gnus-use-adaptive-scoring nil)
>       (auto-expire . nil)
>       (total-expire . nil))))
>
> When I respond to an email in nnimap+myemail@example.com:INBOX, gnus
> automatically addes a Gcc header. This is the intended
> behavior. However, when I C-x m (compose-mail), no Gcc header is added,
> and my sent email is lost.
>
> Any idea why this is the case, and why both gnus-message-archive-group
> and gcc-self are not working as expected?

I wonder if the two interfere

What is the value of gnus-message-archive-group ?

M-x describe-variable gnus-message-archive-group

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Gijs Hillenius]

On 29 March 2024 22:30 Husain Alshehhi, wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using an nnimap method, and I have set
>
> (gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+myemail@example.com:Sent")
>
>
> Additionally, I set the gcc-self value:
>
>   (gnus-parameters
>    '((".*"
>       (gcc-self . "nnimap+myemail@example.com:Sent")
>       (gnus-use-adaptive-scoring nil)
>       (auto-expire . nil)
>       (total-expire . nil))))
>
> When I respond to an email in nnimap+myemail@example.com:INBOX, gnus
> automatically addes a Gcc header. This is the intended
> behavior. However, when I C-x m (compose-mail), no Gcc header is added,
> and my sent email is lost.
>
> Any idea why this is the case, and why both gnus-message-archive-group
> and gcc-self are not working as expected?

I wonder if the two interfere

What is the value of gnus-message-archive-group ?

M-x describe-variable gnus-message-archive-group

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Eric S Fraga]

My approach is to use the 'm' command from the Group buffer
(gnus-group-mail) to send emails, instead of C-x m (which is not gnus
specific).  The advantage is that if you give it a numeric argument,
e.g. "1 m", gnus will prompt for a group to define the composition
buffer which will enable settings like gcc-self to work.

-- 
Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 30.0.50 2024-03-27) on Debian 12.5

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[dick]

Gnus, and emacs generally, is such an unconscionable mess setting an
edebug breakpoint (in this case, within gnus-inews-insert-gcc) is the
only way to see wtf is going on.

Re: gnus-message-archive-group does not work when I compose-mail

[Andreas Schwab]

I just set gnus-message-archive-group and it worksforme.

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