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=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 17483 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2020 17:21:24 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Jul 2020 17:21:24 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1jz1NN-002rEn-BT; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:20:53 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1jz1NJ-002rCv-Ar for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:20:49 -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 1jz1NH-00BjFQ-Ov for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:20:48 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: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=yp6Lqrn5ijcBOKDVODQ4tDqzGahkXjmaBFqugOT8WAM=; b=URW8hpE5wy+yNGW/wkwxXLv3gN xPwvzfURl3lYGmNNrK9g6Z7+31Hht6RLM122EtvsA4EasERuLEb932nsx9tzrs7BMcbIJODQpt/F9 8iYsarbqpQKNGplnO4WWYMBuTyYDAEr53ICH5b3ZALT3WUvxGaIQWG0TyAikqq10fRNk=; Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18] helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jz1NA-0004Ye-HE for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:20:43 +0200 Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04AAAFA0EE; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:20:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1595611236; bh=yp6Lqrn5ijcBOKDVODQ4tDqzGahkXjmaBFqugOT8WAM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=C55Ef3P5MnSwxp35hzPrEz1EbM0scMrj17z1NpdO0YMvFNAQ1ISfWjHLmp0upfnVT yJ/q6+pUVoXzKf0/udHxMNacCr3VhDqvZuDZmyfUKFuaxbAh2UEsin+xbusRz7ZhAF M4CUAKd1Gs6WbYEheHnZvkBUuuxJ1SIawe8CEzKs= From: Eric Abrahamsen To: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com Cc: ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: how to visit a message by its ID and group name? References: <87lfj9wamx.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87eep12jv7.fsf@dick> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 10:20:34 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87eep12jv7.fsf@dick> (dick r. chiang's message of "Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:11:24 -0400") Message-ID: <87ft9gsucd.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: Precedence: bulk dick.r.chiang@gmail.com writes: > nnml-find-group-number takes a second `server` argument, which you > might hardcode to empty string, but like all things gnus, it's=20 > fragile. If you follow the code through, it looks to me like the "server" argument is never even used: it's eventually passed to `nnml-group-pathname', which doesn't do anything with it. All actual lookups are done using the value of `nnml-current-group'. > Under the info node "Summary Buffer -> Finding the Parent", some clues > are given > >> Most of the mail back ends support fetching by =E2=80=98Message-ID=E2=80= =99, but do >> not do a particularly excellent job at it. That is, =E2=80=98nnmbox=E2= =80=99, >> =E2=80=98nnbabyl=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98nnmaildir=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98nnml=E2= =80=99, are able to locate articles from any >> groups, while =E2=80=98nnfolder=E2=80=99, and =E2=80=98nnimap=E2=80=99 a= re only able to locate >> articles that have been posted to the current group. =E2=80=98nnmh=E2= =80=99 does >> not support this at all. > > I use nnimap but all my attempts at `M-x gnus-summary-refer-article` > failed.=20=20 I'm curious how it failed -- I've never had any trouble doing a message-id lookup in my (dovecot) imap groups, using either refer-article or goto-article...=20