archiving sent messages

archiving sent messages

[Paul Jarc]

I'm just getting into archiving.  Here's what I'm looking for: news
messages don't need to be archived at all.  Mail messages sent from
certain groups should not be archived; those sent from other groups
(or from no group) should be.  I want all archived messages to go into
a single group (or perhaps one archive group per archived group) on my
primary (nnmaildir) server, without any extra header fields added, if
possible.  Here's what I've done so far:

(setq gnus-message-archive-method nil) ; no need for an extra server
(setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnmaildir:mail.sent")

Should I be using gnus-outgoing-message-group instead?  Or gcc-self
group parameters?  Can I avoid Gcc fields by using
gnus-outgoing-message-group and setting it to a function that returns
nil or ("nnmaildir:mail.sent") depending on whether the message should
be archived?  Is Gcc normally included in the sent copy, and can it be
easily removed?  TIA


paul

Re: archiving sent messages

[Kai Großjohann]

On 16 Nov 2000, Paul Jarc wrote:

> Should I be using gnus-outgoing-message-group instead?

This is a matter of taste, I guess.  I think you can put a Lisp form
in gnus-message-archive-group but only a function name in
gnus-outgoing-message-group.  But don't take my word for it.

> Or gcc-self group parameters?

I don't really like these.  They are very simple to use, but not very
flexible.  You can inherit the gcc-self group parameter via topics,
but you can't easily suppress them for news groups, say.  (Except via
topics.) 

> Can I avoid Gcc fields by using gnus-outgoing-message-group and
> setting it to a function that returns nil or ("nnmaildir:mail.sent")
> depending on whether the message should be archived?

No.  gnus-outgoing-message-group is all about Gcc headers.  But why do
you think Gcc headers are bad?  You could use Bcc instead.  Or Fcc.

> Is Gcc normally included in the sent copy,

No.  Never, in fact.  I don't think it is possible to write a message
such that the recipient sees a Gcc header; Gnus removes it before
sending. 

> and can it be easily removed?

Well.  Can something be removed that isn't there? ;-)

kai
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