From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/73737 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: extra server for nnmairix? Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:30:45 +0800 Message-ID: <87vd4iyaii.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87zktuyebd.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288517516 4865 80.91.229.12 (31 Oct 2010 09:31:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:31:56 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M22106@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Oct 31 10:31:52 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 1PCUGW-0005Is-0P for ding-account@gmane.org; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:31:52 +0100 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 1PCUFw-00024m-EJ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:31:16 -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 1PCUFt-00024V-8X for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:31:13 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PCUFn-0007t6-VZ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:31:12 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1PCUFl-0006Vu-00 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:31:05 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCUFk-00054O-Pz for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:31:04 +0100 Original-Received: from 123.121.236.110 ([123.121.236.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:31:04 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 123.121.236.110 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:31:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 41 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 123.121.236.110 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PIsg26u9/CGmROtAfSAbFViB7KE= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:73737 Archived-At: On Sun, Oct 31 2010, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > Here's something I've never understood. > > I use nnmairix, happily. In the manual it says that you can choose to > create a new backend server, or you can use an existing one. I think I'm > doing something wrong, because it behaves weirdly no matter which option > I choose. > > If I use an existing server, the search group doesn't survive the next > gnus restart, and I have to do nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group > all over again each time. I've figured out how to change the > subscription level so it doesn't check my mail every time I > search—that's nice at any rate. > > If I create an additional server (with a (nnml "mairix" > (nnml-get-new-mail nil)) entry in gnus-secondary-select-methods), I > actually see two new servers in my server list: > > {nnmairix:search} > {nnml:mairix} > > The first is empty, the second contains killed versions of all the > groups under my regular nnml server, plus the unkilled search group. Why > are all those killed groups there? Why does gnus-group-jump-to-group > show those killed groups? (I'm using the ido-completing-read interface, > which is otherwise brilliant, but makes this "duplication" of group > names particularly evident and annoying.) > > I don't care which of the two methods I use, but I'd like either one > problem or the other to be solved. I suspect there's something wrong > with how I'm creating the server, but I just don't know what… > > Thanks! > > Eric Maybe I should mention that the actual group where search results are gathered is called nnmairix+search. Maybe all of this is perfectly normal, but I'm really confused about the relationship between servers and groups.