regexp for nnmail-split-methods

regexp for nnmail-split-methods

[Seweryn Kokot]

Hello,

I have a problem with setting nnmail-split-methods, namely I want that
messages from "foo@domain.com" address go to "nnml:mail.foo" mailbox and
all the other messages from ".*@domain.com" (except "foo@domain.com") go
to "nnml:mail.others" mailbox. Up to now I have such a regexp:

(setq nnmail-split-methods
      '(("nnml:mail.others" "^From:.*[^f][^o][^o]@domain\\.com")
        ("nnml:mail.foo" "^From:.*foo@domain\\.com")
        ("nnml:mail.inbox" "")))

however there are some messages (for example from "bob@domain.com")
which end up in "nnml:mail.inbox". 

How to create a regexp something like "^From:.*NOT(foo)@domain\\.com"?

Thanks in advance.
-- 
regards,
Seweryn

Re: regexp for nnmail-split-methods

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Nov 03 2008, Seweryn Kokot wrote:

> I have a problem with setting nnmail-split-methods, namely I want that
> messages from "foo@domain.com" address go to "nnml:mail.foo" mailbox and
> all the other messages from ".*@domain.com" (except "foo@domain.com") go
> to "nnml:mail.others" mailbox. Up to now I have such a regexp:
>
> (setq nnmail-split-methods
>       '(("nnml:mail.others" "^From:.*[^f][^o][^o]@domain\\.com")
>         ("nnml:mail.foo" "^From:.*foo@domain\\.com")
>         ("nnml:mail.inbox" "")))
>
> however there are some messages (for example from "bob@domain.com")
> which end up in "nnml:mail.inbox". 

How about this?

(setq nnmail-split-methods
      '(("nnml:mail.foo" "^From:.*foo@domain\\.com")
        ("nnml:mail.others" "^From:.*[^f][^o][^o]@domain\\.com")
        ("nnml:mail.inbox" "")))

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: regexp for nnmail-split-methods

[Rupert Swarbrick]

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Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> How about this?
>
> (setq nnmail-split-methods
>       '(("nnml:mail.foo" "^From:.*foo@domain\\.com")
>         ("nnml:mail.others" "^From:.*[^f][^o][^o]@domain\\.com")
>         ("nnml:mail.inbox" "")))
>
> Bye, Reiner.

Hmm, except to which inbox should something from barfoo@domain.com go?
(Not that I've managed to think of a solution!)

Rupert

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Re: regexp for nnmail-split-methods

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:51:26 +0000 Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick@googlemail.com> wrote: 

RS> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>> How about this?
>> 
>> (setq nnmail-split-methods
>> '(("nnml:mail.foo" "^From:.*foo@domain\\.com")
>> ("nnml:mail.others" "^From:.*[^f][^o][^o]@domain\\.com")
>> ("nnml:mail.inbox" "")))

RS> Hmm, except to which inbox should something from barfoo@domain.com go?
RS> (Not that I've managed to think of a solution!)

You should really consider fancy split methods, they can do this easily
without torturing regular expressions.

Ted

Re: regexp for nnmail-split-methods

[Seweryn Kokot]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:51:26 +0000 Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick@googlemail.com> wrote: 
>
> RS> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> How about this?
>>> 
>>> (setq nnmail-split-methods
>>> '(("nnml:mail.foo" "^From:.*foo@domain\\.com")
>>> ("nnml:mail.others" "^From:.*[^f][^o][^o]@domain\\.com")
>>> ("nnml:mail.inbox" "")))
>
> RS> Hmm, except to which inbox should something from barfoo@domain.com go?
> RS> (Not that I've managed to think of a solution!)
>
> You should really consider fancy split methods, they can do this easily
> without torturing regular expressions.
>
> Ted

Thanks for all replies, in this case I will use nnmail-split-fancy variable
since changing the order of lines in nnmail-split-methods doesn't help.
-- 
regards,
Seweryn