Re: expiry-target

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Rod Whitby <list.ding@rwhitby.net> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> > Sorry to report, with your patch in place, I see no results whatever
> > with these settings in nnml:cartman2:
> > 
> > ;;; Editing the group parameters for `nnml:cartman2'.
> > ;; Type `C-c C-c' after you've finished editing.
> > 
> > ((to-address . "cartman-list@redhat.com")
> >  (total-expire . t)
> >  (expiry-wait . 20)
> >  (expiry-target . "nnml:TARGET"))
> 
> That's very strange.  I just tried the following on nnml:list.ding and
> it worked fine:
> 
> ((to-address . "ding@gnus.org")
>  (posting-style
>   (address "list.ding@rwhitby.net"))
>  (total-expire . t)
>  (expiry-target . "nnml:LISTS")
>  (expiry-wait . immediate))
> 
> Did you re- byte-compile the files after applying the patch ?  You may
> be seeing the old behaviour from the .elc file instead of the new
> behaviour from the patched .el file.

YIKES, I forgot to byte compile.

It works smooth as silk now... yippeee.. 
Way to go Rod!

> > 
> > Why do you need to override `nnmail-expiry-target delete' with another
> > `delete' in group params?
> 
> I had a higher-level parameter on a Topic with a different target.  In
> general, you don't need it.

Oh yes, I see now.