* Mapping of group names to filenames with nnml @ 2002-07-23 16:59 Andrew Nesbit [not found] ` <vafheip54a1.fsf@INBOX.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Andrew Nesbit @ 2002-07-23 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, I just need to get this clear so that I can get my Procmail-filtering recipes working nicely with Gnus. I can't find the answers in the manual, nor the FAQ. If I've missed something, please point me in the right direction. I take it from experience that periods in group names cause nnml to store these groups as a directory hierarchy. For example, `nnml:mail.misc' has its messages stored under mail/misc, relative to the setting of `nnml-directory'. Do any other characters in group names have side-effects like this? What about for other backends? If I have a procmail-generated spool file named, say, `debian.user.spool', combined with a mail-source specifier like (directory :path "~/Mail/Spool/" :suffix ".spool") then does that mean that the group will be called `debian.user' and that nnml will create a directory hierarchy, as described above, to store its messages? Thanks for the help. Andrew. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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* Re: Mapping of group names to filenames with nnml [not found] ` <vafheip54a1.fsf@INBOX.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> @ 2002-07-25 8:18 ` Andrew Nesbit 2002-07-25 13:21 ` Reiner Steib 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Andrew Nesbit @ 2002-07-25 8:18 UTC (permalink / raw) Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Andrew Nesbit <alnesbit@optushome.com.au> writes: > > > I take it from experience that periods in group names cause nnml to > > store these groups as a directory hierarchy. > > Also see the variables gnus-use-long-file-name and > nnmail-use-long-file-names. Yep, that explains a lot for me. > > > If I have a procmail-generated spool file named, say, > > `debian.user.spool', combined with a mail-source specifier like > > > > (directory :path "~/Mail/Spool/" > > :suffix ".spool") > > > > then does that mean that the group will be called `debian.user' and > > that nnml will create a directory hierarchy, as described above, to > > store its messages? > > This means that messages from the file ~/Mail/Spool/foo.bar.spool > will be written to the group nnml:foo.bar. So there is a direct > correlation between the file name and the group name -- independent > of what is the directory name used for the nnml:foo.bar group! Okay, I see, now. I do have one extra question now, though. If a previously-nonexistent spool file is created by Procmail whilst Gnus is running, then how do I get the group associated with that spool file automatically created? At present, the only way I know is to either quit and restart, or to manually create the group with 'G m'. Is there any automatic way? Thankyou for the help :) Andrew. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Mapping of group names to filenames with nnml 2002-07-25 8:18 ` Andrew Nesbit @ 2002-07-25 13:21 ` Reiner Steib 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Reiner Steib @ 2002-07-25 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw) On Thu, Jul 25 2002, Andrew Nesbit wrote: > If a previously-nonexistent spool file is created by Procmail whilst > Gnus is running, then how do I get the group associated with that > spool file automatically created? At present, the only way I know is > to either quit and restart, or to manually create the group with 'G > m'. Is there any automatic way? Did you try `F' (gnus-group-find-new-groups) and `g' (gnus-group-get-new-news) in the *Group* buffer? Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- PGP key available via WWW http://rsteib.home.pages.de/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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