Re: Configuring spam.el: A few questions

[Jonas Steverud <tvrud@bredband.net>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sat, 03 Apr 2004, tvrud@bredband.net wrote:
[...]
>> I quite don't understand the difference between the
>> (: gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent) and the
>> (: nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent). Anyone that cares to explain the
>> difference and/or the idea behind the registry?
>
> The registry is a way to keep track of articles by message ID, and to
> record in what groups that message ID has been seen.  Tracking parent
> articles is done with the References header, which indicates the
> message IDs of parent articles.  Article copies, moves, and deletions
> are tracked.
>
> The nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent method was the inspiration, and
> it's quite similar, but it's more limited because it only works for
> nnmail.

I see. One reason for my confusion where the line "This is the
gnus-registry.el package, works with other backends besides nnmail.",
which I interpret as "the registry does not work with nnmail." I later
realises what the "besides" nnmail means in this context. My fault, sorry.

I found a ... bug or flaw, depending on how you see it, in
nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent. If I copy one of you emails to another
group, e.g. nnfolder:ToDo, responses end up in the ToDo group instead
of in the Ding group. In one sense, this is correct behavior but how
do I make it not happen for copied mails? Not that it is a big issue,
I'm just curious.

If I've understood it correctly, nnmail is the mail handling
interface, the front end "Gnus" sees and then it uses a number of
backends like nnfolder to actually store and handle the emails. Right?
I.e. nnmail is not a backend that can replace nnfolder et all.

> "Unseen" are those articles you never saw before.
>
> "Unread" are those that are not marked read, expired, ticked, etc.

This could be added to the Terminology node in the info file (which I
just found) (and which could do with some M-x sort-lines ;-) ). IMHO.

Thank you very much for your help! I will implement this in a matter
of hours, I think. :-D

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