Re: [Q] nnimap / GMail / splitting

[Adam Rooke <adam.j.rooke@googlemail.com>]

Didier Verna <didier@xemacs.org> writes:

> Am I correct in assuming that if I want to continue access my mail from
> Gnus, and from time to time via the gmail web interface, I would have to
> duplicate my split rules by hand ?
.....
> - nnimap splitting rules are local: you get individual mails moved to
>   different group when Gnus is used to get new mail. The mails are moved
>   around on the server, but if you get new mail via the web interface,
>   it will just stay in your inbox (it won't be split automatically).
>
> - GMail doesn't support Sieve, so there's no way to have my nnimap
>   splitting rules transferred up to the server.
>
> - So if I want my mail split on the server as well (when I use the web
>   interface), every time I create or modify a splitting rule in Gnus,
>   I'd have to duplicate it somehow by hand.

I currently use offlineimap and dovecot to manage my GMail in Gnus with
a set up similar to the one you are after.

Instead of using Gnus' split mail capacity, I use GMails'. It is
possible to set up filters on the web interface such that all emails
fitting a certain category are archived automatically. For example I
have a filter like this:

Matches: to:(emacs-orgmode@gnu.org)
Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "Org-Mode"

Which, with a few other similar filters, gives me a topic view like so:

[ Gnus (new: 0) ]
  [ GMail (new: 13) ]
    Org-Mode                                           unread: 10   
    Stump                                              unread: 3   
    INBOX                                              unread: 0   
  [ News (new: 18) ]

Although not as flexible as Gnus' filtering, it does the job for me in
keeping my web interface == to Gnus/Mutt/Outlook/whatever I'm using.

Cheers,
Adam