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Eze Ogwuma <typhoon@dircon.co.uk> writes:

> However rules of this format are ignored by nnmail-split-methods. Does 
> anyone know why?

I can think of a couple of possibilities.

> ((concat mail.misc. (format-time-string
>  	       "%Y-%m" (current-time))) "^To:.*typhoon*")

You probably want double quotes around "mail.misc.", unless you have a
variable by that name and actually want its value.

> (list (format-time-string "mail.misc-%m-%y") "^To:.*zcaceog*")

This one looks okay on its own, but...

You don't show exactly how you are setting nnmail-split-methods.  The
typical way is by setq'ing it to a quoted list of lists.  If that is
what you are doing, the quoting may be preventing the evaluation of
your rules.

-- 
Justin Sheehy

In a cloud bones of steel.