Re: self contained nnfolder

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> wrote:
> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>> Dan Christensen <jdc+news@uwo.ca> writes:
>>>      (setq gnus-server-alist '(("archive" nnfolder "") ("" nnfolder "")))
>>
>> Don't let two servers share the same directory.  Unless, that is, you
>> want to be strange on purpose.
> 
> I guess I was hoping that the above meant that "archive" and "" were
> in fact the *same* server, i.e. both were names for the server
> (nnfolder "").  Is that not how it works?

I don't think it works that way.  If you really want a single select
method to appear twice in gnus-server-alist, then assuming it's
possible at all, I think this would be the way to do it:
(let ((method '(nnfolder "")))
  (setq gnus-server-alist `(("archive" . ,method) ("" . ,method))))

I don't know whether Gnus would preserve this structure when
re-writing .newsrc.eld, though.

> Is there some way to have only one nnfolder server?
> 
> I only have one listed in the server buffer and
> gnus-secondary-select-methods is set to ((nnfolder "")).

First do like Kai said and make sure all your groups identify their
server by "nnfolder:" (or by "archive" or "", depending on which of
those names you want to end up with)  and not by select method.  Next
make sure all your Gcc-producing configuration stuff uses fully
qualifed group names.  Edit your .gnus to make
gnus-message-archive-method nil; gnus-secondary-select-methods should
also be nil, or, if you want your foreign nnfolder server to also be
secondary, use '("nnfolder:").  Edit your .newsrc.eld (while Gnus is
not running) to remove whichever entry from gnus-server-alist you
don't want to use.

I think the above should work if you don't use
gnus-message-archive-group.  If you do, then
gnus-message-archive-method must be non-nil.  It might work to set it
to "nnfolder:"; I'm not sure.  If it has to be a select method and not
a server name, then use the select method that is
(cdr (car gnus-server-alist)).

I'm not sure what happens if you edit your foreign server and it
becomes different from g-m-a-m.  I think Gnus looks in
gnus-server-alist, and if there is already a method there with the
same backend and address that g-m-a-m has, then it uses that method in
place of g-m-a-m.  So you don't have to worry about keeping g-m-a-m up
to date.  But I might be wrong, and if you ever change the backend or
address of your server, g-m-a-m will produce a new foreign server.  So
it's best not to set g-m-a-m to a select method if you can help it.

I think.


paul