splitting docs

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

I'm still trying to get spam splitting working properly - I keep getting
sequencep errors having used the samples in the docs. 

I noticed this though while looking for other examples

(gnus) SpamOracle

,----
|    To enable SpamOracle usage by `spam.el', set the variable
| `spam-use-spamoracle' to `t' and configure the `nnmail-split-fancy' or
| `nnimap-split-fancy'.  *Note Spam Package::.  In this example the
| `INBOX' of an nnimap server is filtered using SpamOracle.  Mails
| recognized as spam mails will be moved to `spam-split-group', `Junk' in
| this case.  Ham messages stay in `INBOX':
| 
|      (setq spam-use-spamoracle t
|            spam-split-group "Junk"
|            ;; for nnimap you'll probably want to set nnimap-split-methods, see the manual
|            nnimap-split-inbox '("INBOX")
|            nnimap-split-fancy '(| (: spam-split) "INBOX"))
`----

I believe, but am not sure, that nnimap-split-inbox is now obsolete and
replaced with nnimap-inbox??

But while you're reading

 ;(setq nnimap-split-fancy '(| (: spam-split) "INBOX"))
 ;(setq nnimap-split-methods 'nnimap-split-fancy)
 
 ;(setq nnmail-split-fancy '("SYS-INBOX"))
 ;(setq nnmail-split-methods 'nnmail-split-fancy)

Whats wrong with the code above for nnmail and nnimap splitting? Its
probably the quotes, but I cant seem to get the correct combination. I
get sequencep errors when I restart gnus.  I tried grepping the mail
list too and so it seems I'm not alone in finding it rather
confusing. Are the quotes different when using setq compared to when
passing to the server constructors in gnus-secondary-select-methods?

I feel rather lame asking the same Q again and again, but I just cant
seem to get it right ;( Some clearer "easy" examples at the start of the
splitting sections might be an idea during the sanitisation phase). I've
used Gnus for a few years now with splitting working so I'm at a loss to
explain my current uselessness with it!