Re: Using different backends

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

Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> wrote:
> I'm currently trying to use different backends for different
> mailfolders.  Mails are split via procmail into one directory:
>
> (setq mail-sources
>       '(
> 	(directory :path "/mail-aj/Mail/procmail-work/"
> 		  :plugged t
> 		  :suffix ".spool")
> 	))
>
> And I'd like to use - depending on the folder - either nnmaildir or
> nnfolder for incoming mails.

I'd suggest reconfiguring procmail so that messages destined for
nnmaildir are delivered directly to your nnmaildir groups (maildirs)
by procmail.  (That's safe with nnmaildir, but not other backends.)
Whatever's left can then be delivered to procmail-work as it is now,
and then split by nnfolder.

> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmaildir "gromit"
> 						 (directory "/mail-aj/Maildirs/")
> 						 (get-new-mail t)
> 						 )
> 				      (nnml "")
> 				      (nnfolder "archive")))

The default for nnml and nnfolder is to do mail splitting, so this
means that all three will do mail splitting, which isn't what you
want.  It's generally not useful to Have more than one server do
splitting, because whichever one does it first will get all the mail.
Along with the above change, I think you should remove get-new-mail
for nnmaildir and explicitly add (nnml-get-new-mail nil) for nnml.


paul