nnml directory customization

nnml directory customization

[romeomedina]

Hi.

If I put in my ~/.gnus.el the following:

(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nnml ""
	(nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")))

, everything seems to be all right: I get no error messages.
Instead, if I first put the following line:

(setq my-nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")

and then:

(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nnml ""
	(nnml-directory my-nnml-directory)))

, when starting gnus I get the following error message:

nnml () open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)

. Why? Any idea?

Thanks,
Rodolfo

Re: nnml directory customization

[Reiner Steib]

On Sun, Sep 11 2005, romeomedina@libero.it wrote:

> (setq my-nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nnml ""
> 	(nnml-directory my-nnml-directory)))

(setq gnus-select-method
      `(nnml ""
	     (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)))

See (info "(elisp)Backquote") to learn more about "`" and ",".

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Re: nnml directory customization

[David Z Maze]

romeomedina@libero.it writes:

> Instead, if I first put the following line:
>
> (setq my-nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")
>
> and then:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nnml ""
> 	(nnml-directory my-nnml-directory)))
>
> , when starting gnus I get the following error message:
>
> nnml () open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)

If you 'C-h v gnus-select-method' having set it, you'll find that the
value of nnml-directory is the symbol my-nnml-directory rather than
its value.  Getting this to work requires navigating Lisp quoting,
which can be exciting; perhaps the most straightforward thing is

(setq gnus-select-method
      `(nnml ""
        (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)))

(note the backquote and comma).  Unless you have a specific need, it's
probably cleaner to include the "~/Mail" directly in
gnus-select-method.

Note that you can also use this approach to do more complicated
things, if you like writing Lisp.  My .gnus file defines split rules
partially from BBDB information, approximately

(defun dzm-bbdb-split-fancy () ...)
(setq nnmail-split-fancy
      `(|
        (: spam-split)
        (any mail "mail.misc.admin")
        ,(dzm-bbdb-split-fancy)
        (any "dmaze@.*mit\\.edu" "mail.misc.personal")
        "mail.misc.impersonal"))

so that the results of the function call are dropped into the
splitting rules.

  --dzm

Re: nnml directory customization

[Feng Chen]

Hello David,

Could you please kindly tell me how did you put your picture
in the "From:" field? This is pretty interesting.

Of course I'm using gnus, too. Thanks

David Z Maze <dmaze@mit.edu> writes:

>   David Z Maze <dmaze@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: nnml directory customization
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:15:19 -0400
> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>

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Feng Chen

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Re: nnml directory customization

[Adam Sjøgren]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:51:31 -0400, Feng wrote:

> Could you please kindly tell me how did you put your picture
> in the "From:" field? This is pretty interesting.

Check out this webpage: <http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/>


  Best regards,

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Re: nnml directory customization

[romeomedina]

Rodolfo wrote:

> If I put in my ~/.gnus.el the following:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nnml ""
>         (nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")))
>
> , everything seems to be all right: I get no error messages.
> Instead, if I first put the following line:
>
> (setq my-nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")
>
> and then:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nnml ""
>         (nnml-directory my-nnml-directory)))
>
> , when starting gnus I get the following error message:
>
> nnml () open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)
>
> . Why? Any idea?


David wrote:

> perhaps the most straightforward thing is
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       `(nnml ""
>         (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)))
>
> (note the backquote and comma).


Reiner wrote:

> See (info "(elisp)Backquote") to learn more about "`" and ",".


Thanks indeed!
That worked fine.
Rodolfo