From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/987 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Davis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Re-sorting *lots* of old mail Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:27:37 GMT Organization: Pageflex Inc. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667831 9222 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:37:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:28:27 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!news.ccs.neu.edu!news.dfci.harvard.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet01.sei.cmu.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!nntp-server.caltech.edu!attla2!ip.att.net!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Sender: pdavis@PFDSTUDIO Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus X-Face: @Pq3?My0v;TPXbg}b;pHV{1I-kH,?FV:1$wMunQgt%u;KIx8Jl%)8E;Tag?jQQu4+Q,/QiTe@x!bk'k@uXGAj?wVZSBSj}T1X}Yql~e]uv@#]I>5F:BJ;+\k5B&3hG3ZT8_{3>#[D)SbK/9t&3TG$L7SnV3G User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp (Windows [1])) Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.147.208.212 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com Original-X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1030498056 24.147.208.212 (Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:27:36 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:27:36 GMT Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1127 Original-Lines: 50 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1127 Tue Jan 17 17:28:27 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:987 Archived-At: Benjamin Rutt writes: > "Peter Davis" writes: > > > "Kai Großjohann" wrote in message > > news:vafu1lgpqol.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de... > >> "Peter Davis" writes: > >> > >> > I have one nnml group with about 30,000 messages in it. I'd like to > > split > >> > it by year into different groups (e.g., nnml:stuff1998, nnml:stuff1999, > >> > etc.). Is there some way to do that which: > >> > > >> > 1) I can start running and leave overnight or something? Unless it's > > *very* > >> > fast, it will take a long time to process all these messages. > >> > > >> > 2) Will keep the the .overview file(s) correct in all groups? > >> > >> If you can set up split rules that work, then it should work to just > >> `B r' all them messages. > > > > Is there a way to 'B r' them from the *Group* buffer? I can't open the > > actual group and all the messages, as it would take hours, and probably > > exhaust memory, to build a summary. > > Then why not just enter with C-u 100? And then process 100 respools > at a time. You could write a keyboard macro which presses something > like 'C-u 100 M P a B r RET' and then presses 'q' to go back to the > group buffer. Then, execute the keyboard macro 300 times, to arrive > at 30,000. It will probably still take hours, but at least it > probably won't exhaust memory. Not only will it take hours, but it will take hours of human involvement, as opposed to something I can just start running and leave it overnight. No better solutions around? Thanks, -pd -- -------- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.html