Re: is this a bug in gnus v5.13? Re: gnus INBOX housekeeping, kept (copies of) mail lying around

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Gijs Hillenius <gijs@hillenius.net> writes:

> On  9 Jan 2016, Adam Sjøgren wrote:
>
>> [...trim your quotes, folks...]
>
> ok!
>
>
> [...]
>
>>> `bbdb/gnus-split-method'. The comments in bbdb-gnus indicate that
>>> you're supposed to do something like this:
>>>
>>> (setq nnmail-split-methods 'bbdb/gnus-split-method)
>>> (setq bbdb/gnus-split-nomatch-function nnimap-split-fancy)
>
> [...]
>
>>
>> I have, however, also these two bbdb-splitting related settings:
>>
>> (setq bbdb/gnus-split-default-group nil
>> bbdb/gnus-split-nomatch-function nil)
>
> I do/did not have latter in my .gnus.
>
> Added them this morning, ran a few tests the past hours, but my messages
> continue to get split correctly, with erroneous copies remaining
> invisible in the INBOX.
>
> I'll try the former, next.

Another option is: bbdb/gnus-nnimap-folder-list-from-bbdb. I used to use
that, and found it simpler and less mysterious. It just dumps a bunch of
splits wherever you use it. I think it's maybe less configurable, but I
found it sufficient, and also less confusing to use.