Re: Using different backends

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> 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.)

Ok, but then I need to use duplicate suppresion in procmail and not in
Gnus since nnmaildir does not support it.

> 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.

So, this is broken by design ;-).

> 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.

And then I could use nnmaildir and nnfolder in parallel.  But I fear
there's no possibility to use all three in parallel with getting new
mail?  What a pity...

Thanks,
Andreas
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