Re: using dated nnml dirs

Re: using dated nnml dirs

[Peter J. Acklam]

Sean Rima <sean-dated-1018654055.d3acb3@tcob1.net> wrote:

> I am trying to get the default rule for nnml fancy splitting to
> put mail in a dated dir, ie mail.pers-03-02 (mm-yy) however I am
> not sure how to do this. tried using /bin/date but that failed
> :)

Do you want the date to be the current date or the date according
to the mail header?

Peter

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Re: using dated nnml dirs

[Sean Rima]

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On Sun, 07 Apr 2002, Nevin Kapur spake thusly:

> Sean Rima <sean-dated-1018654055.d3acb3@tcob1.net> writes:
> 
>> I am trying to get the default rule for nnml fancy splitting to put mail
>> in a dated dir, ie mail.pers-03-02 (mm-yy) however I am not sure how to
>> do this. tried using /bin/date but that failed :)
> 
> Something like (untested)
> 
> (: (lambda () (format-time-string "mail.pers-%m-%y" (current-time))))
> 
> should do it.

You are the man :) Thanks that is excellent. I find that emacs/gnus is
far to powerfull for me :)

Sean
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Re: using dated nnml dirs

[Sean Rima]

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On Mon, 08 Apr 2002, Peter J. Acklam said:


>>> I had a solution if you wanted the date according to the mail
>>> header. I use this, because it puts the articles in the right
>>> group even when you respool your messages.
>>
>> That maybe interesting to see as it would help respool the old
>> 400+ emails that I am stoeing in the undated dir
> 
> I use the function `my-gnus-default-mail-group' which returns a
> suitable group name depending on the date header of the message
> "under consideration". Note: If the message has an invalid or
> missing "Date" field, then the mail will end up in the group
> "mail.bogus". I am sure this could be fixed easily, but I don't
> know enough Emacs Lisp to do it. In any case, a missing or invalid
> "Date" field usually means it is junk mail anyway.
> 


Thanks, I have saved that and will use it to respool all the mail. I may
end up using it as the default spooler anyway.

Sean
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