From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/39016 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Wells Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: converting archive group to different format without losing marks Date: 28 Sep 2001 14:33:59 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035174791 25624 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:33:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:33:11 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 827 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2001 13:34:46 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2001 13:34:46 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 15mxmY-0000wm-00; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:34:22 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:33:57 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA08504 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:33:44 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 822 invoked by alias); 28 Sep 2001 13:34:03 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 817 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2001 13:34:03 -0000 Original-Received: from izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk (exim@137.195.52.9) by gnus.org with SMTP; 28 Sep 2001 13:34:03 -0000 Original-Received: from nike ([137.195.52.90] helo=localhost.localdomain ident=root) by izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 15mxmC-0004yC-00 for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:34:00 +0100 Original-Received: (from jbw@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA25692; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:34:00 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jbw set sender to jbw@izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 54 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.4 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:39016 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:39016 Hi, Kai, Your instructions look beautiful. I did not realize that "B m" would preserve marks. I have a couple of questions. Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes: > Joe Wells writes: >=20 > > My current usage of Gnus is as follows: > > > > (gnus-version) =3D> "Gnus v5.8.8" > > gnus-message-archive-group =3D> "misc-mail" > > > > Can you please tell me how to convert my old > > "nnfolder+archive:misc-mail" group to use a better format, e.g., > > perhaps "nnml"? The more precise the details, the better. > > During the following, do not send a message. >=20 > I presume that nnml is your primary mail backend, and that you are > satisfied with a single nnml:outgoing group, which is on the same > server as your other nnml mail. Does it cause a problem if I am not already using nnml? I would also like to move my incoming e-mail from nnbabyl to nnml. > From the *Group* buffer, use `G m outgoing RET nnml: RET' (note the > colon) to create your new outgoing group. >=20 > Enter the nnfolder+archive:misc-mail group with C-u RET and make > sure to display all articles. >=20 > Type `M P a' to mark them all. >=20 > Type `B m nnml:outgoing RET' to move them all to the new archive > group, preserving marks. >=20 > Change your setting for gnus-message-archive-group from "misc-mail" > to "nnml:outgoing" (with "nnml:"). The value for > gnus-message-archive-method does not really matter -- just leave it > as it is. Am I correct in understanding that the prefix "nnml:" effectively overrides the value of gnus-message-archive-method? > Does this help? Yes, I think so! I hope it goes as easily as you described! --=20 Joe