Re: How to deal with "Archive" and "delete" in gmail?

[Rainer M. Krug]

wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) writes:

> Hi Rainer,
>
> Rainer@krugs.de (Rainer M. Krug) writes:
>
>> This looks like a good option. But I am still struggling with the regexp
>> for groups (maybe because I do not understand the naming of groups?).
>>
>> So I have my gmail account defined as primary source:
>>
>> (setq gnus-select-method 
>>                '(nnimap "gmail"
>>                         (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
>>                         (nnimap-server-port 993)
>>                         (nnimap-stream ssl)
>>                         (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo.gpg")
>>                         (nnmail-expiry-target "[Gmail]/Bin")
>>                         (nnmail-expiry-wait 2)))
>>   
>> and I would like to set the default move target for all groups in this
>> primary source to "[gmail]/All Mail":
>>
>> (setq gnus-move-split-methods
>>         '(("nnimap.*" "[gmail]/All Mail")))
>>
>> but it is not working. 
>>
>> I assume it is something wrong with the regexp "nnimap.*" - my reasoning
>> was: match all groups which start with nnimap.
>>
>> This regexp also concerns other configuratios which are not working...
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rainer
>
> From the config you posted here, it looks like all your Gmail mailboxes
> are so-called "native groups."  "Native groups" are those which use
> `gnus-select-method' as opposed to one of the secondary select methods
> or a "foreign" server.  All this "native" vs. "foreign" is perhaps all
> making Gnus sound rather ethnocentric, but the gist of it is that
> "native groups" do not have the server type prepended to their names.
> That is, because Gmail is your primary select method, Gmail groups on
> your system simply have names like "INBOX" or "[Gmail]/Important", and
> not names like "nnimap+imap.gmail.com:INBOX".  So that's why your
> regexes went astray.

Ok - that is very useful information and it solves one more problem I
had - so brilliant info - Thanks!

>
> `gnus-move-split-methods' and `gnus-split-methods' and similar such
> rules in Gnus are applied such that more specific rules can override
> more general ones.  If you are primarily using Gnus as a Gmail client,
> it might make a lot of sense to have the most general rule direct any
> re-filed message to the Gmail archive, and then make exceptions to this
> later on.  So, perhaps try this:
>
> (setq gnus-move-split-methods
>       '((".*" "[Gmail]/All Mail")))

Great - looks perfect. That's what I am using and it works like a charm.

Thanks a lot,

Rainer

>
> Good luck!
> Best,
> Will
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