Re: Problems using 5.8.3

[Peter Weiss <Peter.Weiss@class.de>]

Hallo Simon

>>>>> On 11 Feb 2000 15:25:23 +0100, Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se> said:

Simon> Peter Weiss <Peter.Weiss@class.de> writes:
>> o I'm unable to delete messages in nndraft folders (don't know how to do
>> this, usually killing and expiring it with 'C-k' and 'B
>> M-C-e' works)

Simon> `B DEL' on the article doesn't work?

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.

>> o Mail splitting doesn't work as it used to in v5.5,, when setting 
>> 
>> (setq nnimap-split-fancy nnmail-split-fancy)

Simon> Could you be more specific, what doesn't work?

No splitting is done, but I'm fiddling around with
nnimap-split-rule and nnmail-split-fancy as Kai suggested.

>> (setq mail-sources '((imap :server  "mailhost"
>> :user    "weiss"))
>> gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnimap "mailhost")))

Simon> This looks wrong, it's usually nonsensical to have a IMAP mail-source
Simon> and a nnimap backend pointing at the same IMAP server.

Simon> If you want to use a IMAP mail-source, ie downloading all articles to
Simon> your local hard disk and deleting them on the server, you need a mail
Simon> backend to hold them, such as nnml. Also, having a nnimap server too
Simon> would serve little purpose.

Simon> OTOH if you want to remotely access IMAP mail with nnimap, you
Simon> shouldn't have a IMAP mail-source since it would remove all articles
Simon> from the server and store them locally in your nnml (or whatever)
Simon> backend.

Simon> I think this explains your first problem with your IMAP mailbox.

Thanks for the hints. I think the point is that I haven't understood the
differences between mail-sources and gnus-secondary-select-methods. If i've
got it right mail-sources is used to specify mail servers where mail is
downloaded to local disk space.

In this case how do I specify the nnml backend to hold the articles?

I'll have to read mail from different places: at work, from the customers
location or from my laptop. So I think leaving mail on the IMAP server is the
best idea.

In this case: how do I set up gnus? Using the nnimap-* variables or is it
sufficient to setup gnus-secondary-select-methods?

    Thanks so far -- Peter

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