From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14475 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: my vs maildir Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:16:13 -0800 Message-ID: <87wrmpnfvm.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> References: <87aajmrkgb.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293873406 12219 80.91.229.12 (1 Jan 2011 09:16:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:16:46 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 01 10:16:42 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYxZm-0004iU-Ib for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:16:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57832 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYxZm-0002KU-0t for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55618 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYxZj-0002GK-5L for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:16:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYxZi-0002Vx-55 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:16:35 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:59703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYxZh-0002Vj-VM for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:16:34 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYxZg-0004eQ-4L for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:16:32 +0100 Original-Received: from 70.67.160.177 ([70.67.160.177]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:16:32 +0100 Original-Received: from prad by 70.67.160.177 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:16:32 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.67.160.177 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BXNSB+352FagwaFbRzbZ6RtSMu8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14475 Archived-At: a problem that didn't seem to have an obvious solution was how to get my sent emails back into the inbox, the purpose being so that the thread stays intact as with a newsgroup. i read that some people bcc themselves, but you apparently can't do that in gnus (though you can in other things like vm and rmail). then i came across this post by tassilo: http://www.groupsrv.com/computers/about417740.html and this exchange: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnus-english@gnu.org/msg08483.html after trying various permutations based on from the ideas there, something very simple worked: (setq gnus-parameters '(("^nnimap\\+Mail:INBOX" (gcc-self . t)))) this puts the sent mail right into my maildir ~/Mail/inbox/new something i couldn't figure out how to do with things like nnmaildir (nnml gives the wrong format of course). this seems a much more direct way of doing things than figuring out bcc - and because it is attached to my mail group, it won't pop posts i make to newsgroups (like this one ... (fingers-crossed)) it works and i hope it is a good way to accomplish this goal. -- in friendship, prad