* Topic/Group parameter confusion?
@ 2000-05-09 15:08 Nevin Kapur
2000-05-09 15:14 ` Roland Mas
2000-05-09 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2000-05-09 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I have the following setting for one of topics:
;;; Editing the topic parameters for `Mail For Me'.
;; Type `C-c C-c' after you've finished editing.
((gcc-self . t)
(total-expire . t)
(expiry-wait . 31.0)
(gnus-summary-line-format "%U%R%z %d %(%I%[%-20,20f%]%) %s\n"))
However one of the groups in the topic seems to keep mail for longer
than 31 days: (I'm writing this on May 9)
O 22-Mar [Mark Hachey ] i'll be at home today
O 22-Mar [Adam Cannon ] poker tonight
OA 22-Mar [jai suhas sukhatme ] tax question
O 23-Mar [-> jai suhas sukhatm]
OA 23-Mar [jai suhas sukhatme ]
O 23-Mar [-> jai suhas sukhatm]
O 24-Mar [jai suhas sukhatme ]
Setting expiry-wait explicity in a group seems to fix this. Any ideas?
-Nevin
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-09 15:08 Topic/Group parameter confusion? Nevin Kapur
@ 2000-05-09 15:14 ` Roland Mas
2000-05-09 15:26 ` Nevin Kapur
2000-05-09 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Roland Mas @ 2000-05-09 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
Nevin Kapur (2000-05-09 11:08:55 -0400) :
> However one of the groups in the topic seems to keep mail for longer
> than 31 days: (I'm writing this on May 9)
>
> O 22-Mar [Mark Hachey ] i'll be at home today
> O 22-Mar [Adam Cannon ] poker tonight
> OA 22-Mar [jai suhas sukhatme ] tax question
> O 23-Mar [-> jai suhas sukhatm]
> OA 23-Mar [jai suhas sukhatme ]
> O 23-Mar [-> jai suhas sukhatm]
> O 24-Mar [jai suhas sukhatme ]
Um... These messages do not look expirable to me. But maybe this is
related to the total-expiry thingy, of which I am not a master.
Roland.
--
Roland Mas
Food, shelter, source code.
-- Cyclic Software
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-09 15:14 ` Roland Mas
@ 2000-05-09 15:26 ` Nevin Kapur
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2000-05-09 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Mas <mas@echo.fr> writes:
Roland> Um... These messages do not look expirable to me. But maybe
Roland> this is related to the total-expiry thingy, of which I am not
Roland> a master.
If I understand the manual correctly, these messages should be
expirable.
,----
| `total-expire'
| If the group parameter has an element that looks like
| `(total-expire . t)', all read articles will be put through the
| expiry process, even if they are not marked as expirable. Use with
| caution. Unread, ticked and dormant articles are not eligible for
| expiry.
`----
-Nevin
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-09 15:08 Topic/Group parameter confusion? Nevin Kapur
2000-05-09 15:14 ` Roland Mas
@ 2000-05-09 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-09 16:08 ` Nevin Kapur
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2000-05-09 15:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Nevin Kapur <nevin@jhu.edu> writes:
> However one of the groups in the topic seems to keep mail for longer
> than 31 days: (I'm writing this on May 9)
Is this particular group in more than one topic?
kai
--
Beware of flying birch trees.
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-09 15:39 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2000-05-09 16:08 ` Nevin Kapur
2000-05-10 7:25 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-10 12:53 ` David S. Goldberg
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2000-05-09 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:
Kai> Nevin Kapur <nevin@jhu.edu> writes:
>> However one of the groups in the topic seems to keep mail for
>> longer than 31 days: (I'm writing this on May 9)
Kai> Is this particular group in more than one topic?
It is only in one topic. I believe this topic parameter is not having
the desired effect. If I set expiry-wait in the group parameters it
has an effect, however setting it in the topic parameters does not
work. I checked the summary for another group in the same topic and it
has articles dating back to 16 Jan:
O 16-Jan [Carolyn Metzler ] Re: \qed
OA 17-Jan [saumil t ] Re: happy nyr!
O 18-Jan [-> saumil t ]
How does one debug this?
-Nevin
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-09 16:08 ` Nevin Kapur
@ 2000-05-10 7:25 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-05-11 14:22 ` Nevin Kapur
2000-05-10 12:53 ` David S. Goldberg
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2000-05-10 7:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
What does M-: (gnus-group-find-parameter "group.name.here"
'expiry-wait) RET say?
kai
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Beware of flying birch trees.
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-09 16:08 ` Nevin Kapur
2000-05-10 7:25 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2000-05-10 12:53 ` David S. Goldberg
2000-05-12 3:32 ` Nevin Kapur
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From: David S. Goldberg @ 2000-05-10 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Perhaps a silly question, but are you sure the expiry process is
hitting that group? What does `B E' do while you're in the summary?
--
Dave Goldberg
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-10 7:25 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2000-05-11 14:22 ` Nevin Kapur
2000-05-12 15:44 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2000-05-11 14:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:
Kai> What does M-: (gnus-group-find-parameter "group.name.here"
Kai> 'expiry-wait) RET say?
31.0. I'm totally stumped.
-Nevin
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-10 12:53 ` David S. Goldberg
@ 2000-05-12 3:32 ` Nevin Kapur
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From: Nevin Kapur @ 2000-05-12 3:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "David" == David S Goldberg <dsg@mitre.org> writes:
David> Perhaps a silly question, but are you sure the expiry process
David> is hitting that group? What does `B E' do while you're in the
David> summary?
It says 'Expiring articles...done'. It says the same thing when I use
`q' to quit. I have now added the expire-wait parameter to the group
parameter and things work fine.
-Nevin
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* Re: Topic/Group parameter confusion?
2000-05-11 14:22 ` Nevin Kapur
@ 2000-05-12 15:44 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2000-05-12 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Nevin Kapur <nevin@jhu.edu> writes:
> >>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:
>
> Kai> What does M-: (gnus-group-find-parameter "group.name.here"
> Kai> 'expiry-wait) RET say?
>
> 31.0. I'm totally stumped.
AOL
kai
--
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