Re: Possible bugs (gnus-demon and switching modes when composing messages)

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@riseup.net> writes:

> Anyway, maybe you can clarify one more question of mine, which is
> related to this behavior.  When I tell Gnus to open a newsgroup (e.g.,
> gmane.emacs.gnus.general), it downloads everything from the
> news-server!  I'm talking about more than 20 MB of data every time I
> open the group.  I have already set (gnus-large-newsgroup) to a
> sensible value (200 messages), but it still downloads everything from
> the server.  Is there any good way to make it download only the last
> 200 messages?

Did you set `gnus-fetch-old-headers'?  But even if you did, it should
only load all headers only once.  Or did you also set
`gnus-nov-is-evil'?

>> I'd use the gcc-self group parameter.  Then an appropriate Gcc header
>> will be created already when starting to write the mail, and that
>> header tells Gnus where to file the sent mail.
>>
>> ,----
>> | (setq gnus-parameters
>> |       `((,(rx "nnimap+A:")
>> | 	   (gcc-self . "nnimap+A:Sent"))
>> | 	  (,(rx "nnimap+B:")
>> | 	   (gcc-self . "nnimap+B:INBOX.Sent Items"))))
>> `----
>>
>> BTW, except for mailing lists I use gcc-self set to t which puts the
>> sent message in the group I've started writing it so that I can read my
>> mail as if they were newsgroups.  That's really convenient.
>
> Hm, I didn't know about the `gcc-self' parameter.  What's the
> difference between it and `gnus-message-archive-group'?

You can also have (gcc-self . t) to use the current group als gcc
target.

> Because that's what I do when I enter a group prefixed with "A" (in my
> example above):
>
>   (setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+local:A/Sent")
>
> Shouldn't it work in the same way as the `gcc-self' parameter?

The `gcc-self' approach inserts a

  Gcc: nnimap+A:some/group

header which determines where to store the mail when sending off.  That
will work also when you change major modes while writing your mail.

Bye,
Tassilo