Re: Patch submission: Allow group-local mail sources for nnmail

[Michael Sperber <sperber@deinprogramm.de>]

Thanks for the prompt response!

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 01 2008, Michael Sperber wrote:
>
>> I've had the following problem forever: I get *lots* of e-mail, and I
>> travel a lot.  I often have a slow Internet connection.  For this
>> reason, I pre-sort the e-mail into different IMAP folders on the server,
>> and would like to only selectively fetch what I want depending on where
>> I am.  Unfortunately, `mail-sources' is global to all groups---I would
>> really like to say "fetch the new mail for this group from this IMAP
>> folder".
>>
>> To do this, I've added a `group' mail source which activates a
>> `mail-source' group parameter, which does the job.  
>
> How do you actually use it?  Hitting `M-g'
> (gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group,
> gnus-topic-get-new-news-this-topic) on the group?

Yes.  Or I do ESC <level> g.

>> The attached patch is relative to today's CVS.
>>
>> Could this be applied to the code?
>
> The patch is too large to be installed without legal papers.  AFAICS,
> your assignments only cover XEmacs and AUCTeX.  So we need an
> additional assignments, either for Gnus or for Emacs (which covers
> Gnus as well).  If you are willing to sign, I'll send you the form
> off-list.

Absolutely!

> It's not clear to me how to use it (after reading the patch to
> gnus.texi).  Is the `mail-source' Group parameter boolean or a mail
> source specification? 

It's a mail-source specification.  Is this:

>> If it is set, and the setting of @code{mail-sources} includes a
>> @code{group} mail source (@pxref{Mail Sources}), the value is a
>> mail source for this group.

clearer?

> Is it necessary to adjust both, the group parameter and the variable
> `mail-sources'?

Yes.  I have `mail-sources' set to `group', and then `mail-source'
parameters for various groups.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
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