Saving Mail to a Folder

Saving Mail to a Folder

[Paul Cartier]

Hello, just started using gnus and was wondering is there
a way to save a email message to a folder? I like to keep all
my important mail into a special folder.

Can this be done?
Thanks

Re: Saving Mail to a Folder

[Tassilo Horn]

Paul Cartier <pcartier@starpulse.com> writes:

Hi Paul,

> Hello, just started using gnus and was wondering is there a way to
> save a email message to a folder? I like to keep all my important mail
> into a special folder.

On a manual basis you could simply copy the message to your special
folder with `B c' which is bound to `gnus-summary-copy-article' in
*Summary* buffer.

,----[ C-h f gnus-summary-copy-article RET ]
| gnus-summary-copy-article is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
| `gnus-sum.el'.
| (gnus-summary-copy-article &optional N TO-NEWSGROUP SELECT-METHOD)
| 
| Copy the current article to some other group.
| If TO-NEWSGROUP is string, do not prompt for a newsgroup to copy to.
| When called interactively, if TO-NEWSGROUP is nil, use the value of
| the variable `gnus-move-split-methods' for finding a default target
| newsgroup.
| If SELECT-METHOD is non-nil, do not move to a specific newsgroup, but
| re-spool using this method.
`----

Have a look at

,----[ (info "(gnus)Mail Group Commands") ]
| 3.25 Mail Group Commands
| ========================
| 
| Some commands only make sense in mail groups.  If these commands are
| invalid in the current group, they will raise a hell and let you know.
`----

for other useful commands applicable to mail messages like moving,
crossposting, etc.

Perhaps it's possible to automate the process with (fancy) mail
splitting, if for example all mail from "Foo Bar" is important to you.

(info "(gnus)Splitting Mail")
(info "(gnus)Fancy Mail Splitting")

> Can this be done?

Don't ask that. The answer is always "yes".

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

Re: Saving Mail to a Folder

[David Z Maze]

Paul Cartier <pcartier@starpulse.com> writes:

> Hello, just started using gnus and was wondering is there
> a way to save a email message to a folder? I like to keep all
> my important mail into a special folder.

Easy way is probably to use 'B c' to copy a message from one folder to
another.  If you wanted to save articles to mbox files outside of
Gnus, you could use 'O f' instead.  As with everything else in Emacs,
you can try 'C-h k B c' to see what the command does, or things like
'B C-h' to see what some related commands might be.

  --dzm

Re: Saving Mail to a Folder

[Steve Allan]

David Z Maze <dmaze@mit.edu> writes:

>Paul Cartier <pcartier@starpulse.com> writes:
>
>> Hello, just started using gnus and was wondering is there
>> a way to save a email message to a folder? I like to keep all
>> my important mail into a special folder.
>
>Easy way is probably to use 'B c' to copy a message from one folder to
>another.

Or 'B m' to move it. 

-- 
-- Steve