Re: Splitting maildir

[Reiner Steib]

[ Cc-ing OP since the gateway gnu.emacs.gnus -> info-gnus-english
  doesn't seem to work reliably. ]

On Sat, Jul 31 2010, Richard Riley wrote:

> I recently reconfigured my email to use local maildir (making mairix
> search possible). I also use nnmbox for system emails. My config looks
> something like this:-
>
> ,----
> | (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmbox "private")))
> | (setq nnmail-spool-file "/var/spool/mail/shamrock")
> | (setq mail-sources
> |       '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/shamrock")))
> | 
> |   (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> |                '(nnmaildir "riley" (directory "~/.Maildir/.riley")))
> `----
>
> (I dont know why I need to set mail.sources as well as nnmail-spool-file)

You don't need to:

| This variable is obsolete since Gnus 5.9 (Emacs 22.1);
| use `mail-sources' instead.

> I created a nnmbox group
>
> ,----
> | nnmbox+private:motorola
> `----
>
> I then set my nnmail-split-methods
>
> ,----
> |  (setq nnmail-split-methods (quote (("nnmbox+private:motorola" 
> "Subject:.*Milestone.*"))))
> `----
>
> Yet no splitting of new maildir mail occurs.
>
> Opinions/corrections? I guess I am missing some sort of "allow
> splitting" toggle?

IIRC, splitting is only possible to a single back end.  See also
back-end-`get-new-mail' in (info "(gnus)Not Reading Mail").

Bye, Reiner.

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