From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/72508 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: draft on imap? Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:28:46 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87eic5exc1.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <87vd5ify7p.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286209744 3798 80.91.229.12 (4 Oct 2010 16:29:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:29:04 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M20880@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Oct 04 18:29:03 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 1P2nuP-0006LQ-Ep for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:29:01 +0200 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 1P2nuM-0006vJ-UQ; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:28:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1P2nuL-0006uw-Eu for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P2nuK-0003Cn-AA for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1P2nuJ-0006rX-00 for ; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:28:55 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2nuH-0006Js-Pz for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:28:53 +0200 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, 04 Oct 2010 18:28:53 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by 38.98.147.130 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:28:53 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 36 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/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0LeubGcmVA1idWlVBzaKuXwhD88= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:72508 Archived-At: On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:12:10 +0900 Bruno Tavernier wrote: BT> Is there a way to store drafts on an IMAP server? BT> It is sometime useful when writing a long message or realizing that a BT> file to be attached is not on the current computer, etc. BT> I tried to do something like: BT> 1) Write a uncomplete message and save it BT> 2) Move/Copy from nndraft to a .draft folder on my IMAP server BT> 3) Go to the .draft folder and gnus-article-edit -> BT> "gnus-article-edit: The current newsgroup does not support article editing" BT> Note, we circumvent the lack of editing by: BT> 4) from .draft folder, move/copy to nndraft:drafts BT> 5) got to nndraft:drafts and edit BT> That still is very dirty approach. BT> That would be really cool, to be able to save/edit directly from the BT> IMAP server. Is there any such a feature planned? There's a whole lot of complicated code around drafts. I think it would be nice if any dedicated writeable group X (including nnimap) that supports deletion could contain drafts, and the user could say "draft group for this group/topic/server is X." But there's been literally hundreds of bugs and minor issues with nndraft over the years so I think a full rewrite is the best way to make it work perfectly. The point is that such a rewrite would make drafts work with nnimap or any other backend. Regarding nnimap article editing, I think Lars is in vague agreement that it's a good feature but it's not high on his priority list. I personally use the move-edit-move approach you suggested and look forward to native editing. Ted