From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/18174 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: fkqqrr@autistici.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: make sent emails synced in imap sent folder Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:55:50 +0800 Organization: What me? Message-ID: <87h9gf6l6h.fsf@zhtux.jiantu.boxes> References: <87vb4y1hkp.fsf@zhtux.jiantu.boxes> <87d1r5nqzj.fsf@zhtux.jiantu.boxes> <87lh5r6mse.fsf@zhtux.jiantu.boxes> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457582408 25612 80.91.229.3 (10 Mar 2016 04:00:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:00:08 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 10 05:00:07 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1adrle-0006qy-2t for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:00:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45990 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adrld-0003ik-BH for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:00:05 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 66 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.199.31.209 Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1457582222 28684 218.199.31.209 (10 Mar 2016 03:57:02 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 03:57:02 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hgI3bDJmu1kiWY46qGPoVnpCB/Q= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:89303 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:18174 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > fkqqrr@autistici.org writes: > >> Eric Abrahamsen writes: >> >>> Fkqqrr writes: >>> >>>> Eric Abrahamsen writes: >>>> >>>>> fkqqrr writes: >>>>> >>>>>> When sending email in Gnus, 'sent' emails by default go into >>>>>> 'archive' folder locally. >>>>>> >>>>>> How to set sent emails to IMAP sent folder? >>>>> >>>>> You can set the `gnus-message-archive-group' option to the desired >>>>> "Sent" folder. If you have more than one account you're trying to set >>>>> up, you can set that option to a function that takes one argument, a >>>>> group name, and returns the appropriate archive group. In my case: >>>>> >>>>> (defun my-archiver-figure-outer (group) >>>>> (cond ((string-match-p "nnimap\\+This-Account\\|gmane" group) >>>>> "nnimap+This-Account:Sent") >>>>> ((string-match-p "nnimap\\+That-Account" group) >>>>> "nnimap+That-Account:Sent"))) >>>>> >>>>> (setq gnus-message-archive-group #'my-archiver-figure-outer) >>>> By the way, this method will send the email again to nnimap sent >>>> folder on email server? >>> >>> That's right, it will result in the sent mail being pushed to your imap >>> server. There isn't any "automatic" connection between your SMTP server >>> and your imap mail store, so you have to do the archiving yourself. >> >> I thought the IMAP and SMTP server are 'auto-connected'. > > Well, it depends on the email service you're using. Most commercial > providers will "auto-connect" the two behind the scenes, because that's > what users expect, but in fact the two protocols have nothing to do with > each other (not only that, your SMTP account and your imap account are > theoretically completely separate accounts). > > You haven't given us a whole lot of information here -- I assume you're > using an email provider of some kind, which should be doing this > connection for you. Are you sure you need Gccs at all? My problem was solved. I just don't the idea behind. > >> So sent items: connect to both receiver's IMAP and my IMAP (archive) > > Not quite: message-mode ends up connecting to your SMTP server, which > sends the message through one or more mail transfer agents, until it > ends up in the receiver's imap (or other) mail account. If there's a Gcc > header in your sent message, Gnus will also put a copy of the message in > your archive group. So sending a message potentially involves two > copies: one to SMTP, the other to your imap account. That clarifies my clouds. > > Hope that helps, > Eric > > -- Who am I? Where am I from? Where would I go?