Re: nnimap and respooling with B r

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

David Maslen <david.maslen@iname.com> writes:

> I think this would be a nice feature, but don't know if it's a
> limitation of gnus or imap.

It's a limitation of gnus, the respooling commands are hard-wired to
use `nnmail-split-methods'.

> Often I set up a splitting method, after I have started to receive
> mail for a list/job/person in sufficient quantity to justify
> this. When I used nnfolders, I then marked the content of my inbox and
> respooled (B r) it, putting the already received messages in the new group,
> where future mail would also be split to.
> 
> Can someone either suggest another way to do this sort of thing, or
> perhaps tell me why it can't be done?

You can simulate this by moving all the articles you want to respool
to `nnimap-split-inbox' and mark them as unread, they will then be
splitted into the correct mailbox.