From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17624 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hikaru Ichijyo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: moving articles from mail groups Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 02:47:07 -0500 Organization: UN Spacy Message-ID: <8xxfv6mfmdg.fsf@village.keycorner.org> References: <8xxzj4vmarn.fsf@village.keycorner.org> <87y4keyhd6.fsf@debian.uxu> 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 1432453824 13028 80.91.229.3 (24 May 2015 07:50:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 07:50:24 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 24 09:50:11 2015 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 1YwQff-0002AL-83 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 May 2015 09:50:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39337 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YwQfe-0001YK-Gl for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 May 2015 03:50:06 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!news.alt.net!news.astraweb.com!border5.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1RJGxI/WEFSshhTdx8PQ9AQu7/c= Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 76f2bd58.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=bfckWge; nf=fB5aLm@JgR Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:88752 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:17624 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Hikaru Ichijyo writes: >> With that setup, when I use >> gnus-summary-move-article (B m) to move an article >> from my mail groups into one of these nnfolder >> files, I get prompted like this: >> >> Move this article to (default >> nnfolder:freenet): nnmbox: >> >> Yes, that "nnmbox:" part gets printed by the system >> (not by me). > > Why do you want to store the messages using > another backend? The manual uses nnfolder as an example of how a user may keep an archive of mailboxes all in a subdirectory for mail they may keep. I couldn't see anything wrong with the idea. In fact, the syntax for how I've done this is mostly taken from the manual. > And why do you want to do this manually by hitting > `B-m' each time? If you are fine with that, why are > you not fine with hitting M-DEL each time as well? > > Better to automatize. For example, you can send a copy > of all messages sent to yourself, then split it to > archive folders based on header data. This is not for saving *every* message. This is only for saving particular messages I come across that I want to save. Because it is only me deciding which messages those should be, it has to be manual. Do you know why it's double-prompting me this way, or how to stop it? -- He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. --Thomas Paine