From: David Mann <manndmd@gmail.com>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Moving mail between imap servers
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 09:52:03 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2wpb26c4c.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877f39jwk3.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es>
Alberto,
Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> writes:
> David Mann writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if it is possible to move a message from one imap server
>> to another using gnus? The specific use-case I am thinking of is as
>> follows. I have a private imap server and a Gmail account. I would
>> like to move some messages from the private account to a Gmail folder.
>> This is possible using something like the Apple Mail app, but when I use
>> gnus with Helm, the only folders shown as available to move mail to are
>> on the same server.
>>
>> So is it possible to move mail between servers?
>
> I have been able to copy messages between different backends. Do not be
> surprised that some of them are not listed in the autocompletions; in my
> experience, those shown are usually the more recently used.
>
> If you just type the complete name of the group, gnus will either do the
> operation happily, or either ask you about the creation of a new group
> if you happened to mistype its name.
>
> Nevertheless, for the first try I would *copy* rather to move you mails
> just to be sure nothing is lost in the process.
Thanks. I will try this.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-02 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-28 5:09 David Mann
2017-03-28 14:38 ` Alberto Luaces
2017-04-02 15:52 ` David Mann [this message]
2017-04-02 15:56 ` David Mann
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