Re: nnimap-split-rule

Re: nnimap-split-rule

[Simon Josefsson]

Alex Rolfe <arolfe@mit.edu> writes:

> I'm trying to use the form for nnimap-split-rule that allows different
> rules for each virtual server.  It starts as:
>
> (setq nnimap-split-rule '(("psrg.lcs.mit.edu" ("Inbox" (("location"  "\\(To\\|Cc\\):.*location@")
> 						     ("journalauto" "From:.*@us.nature.com"))))
>
> and goes on similarly for other servers.  When I try to respool articles
> from the Inbox (to test this rule), I get an IMAP error; looking at the
> imap log indicates that APPEND is being called with no args by
> imap-message-append.  Looking at the backtrace :
>
>   imap-message-append(nil #<buffer  *copy article*> nil nil " *nnimap* psrg.lcs.mit.edu")
>   nnimap-request-accept-article(nil "psrg.lcs.mit.edu" t)
>   gnus-request-accept-article(nil (nnimap "psrg.lcs.mit.edu" (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream ssl) (nnimap-list-pattern "Inbox" "INBOX" "Mail/*")) t t)
>   gnus-summary-move-article(nil nil (nnimap "psrg.lcs.mit.edu" (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream ssl) (nnimap-list-pattern "Inbox" "INBOX" "Mail/*")) copy)
>   gnus-summary-copy-article(nil nil (nnimap "psrg.lcs.mit.edu" (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream ssl) (nnimap-list-pattern "Inbox" "INBOX" "Mail/*")))
>   gnus-summary-respool-article(nil (nnimap "psrg.lcs.mit.edu" (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream ssl) (nnimap-list-pattern "Inbox" "INBOX" "Mail/*")))
>   call-interactively(gnus-summary-respool-article)
>
> it seems that the destination mailbox name isn't being set, so I suspect
> I may have formated the split rule incorrectly.
>
> I'm using gnus 5.8.8 with emacs 21.1.1.  
>
> Any suggestions?

As Kai said, respooling doesn't work with nnimap.  It can be fixed,
but meanwhile, move your message to your nnimap-split-inbox, mark it
unread (or whatever depending on nnimap-split-predicate) and M-g it to
test the rule.