From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1513 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kbk@shore.net (Kurt B. Kaiser) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How to set up gnus email. Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 04:08:34 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138668260 11565 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:44:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:44:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:29:16 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!lackawana.kippona.com!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!208.184.7.66.MISMATCH!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn11feed!wn14feed!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc04.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.128.248.44 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com Original-X-Trace: sccrnsc04 1038283714 24.128.248.44 (Tue, 26 Nov 2002 04:08:34 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 04:08:34 GMT Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1653 Original-Lines: 28 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1653 Tue Jan 17 17:29:16 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:1513 Archived-At: Don Saklad writes: > How do you make sure that old mail is not deleted automatically or > unintentionally?... a definitive statement on what to do to prevent > automatic `expiration' of old files. In the group buffer, position on group and hit G c Note that the Expire Wait entry is Never. That is the default. If not Never, make it so. Cursor back to the top line, on [Done] and hit Now even a mail marked E will stick around forever. However, you can do useful things like set the Expiry Target to an archive group (instead of delete) and set Expire Wait to 30 days. Enable the Total Expire option. Enable the Display option and set to All. Make sure the Expire Wait of the archive group is Never! Any mail not hand deleted by 30 days will be moved to the archive. Rotate the archives every year. KBK