Re: nnimap splitting

[phillip . lord]

On 2020-12-10 17:41, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:
>
> > Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> >
> > > Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:

> > > Don't quote 'nnimap-split-fancy in this line. In fact, it's possible
> > > that you can do without this dance altogether -- the manual makes it
> > > look like that's okay. Maybe take this clause out and see if it 
> > > works,
> > > and if it doesn't, put it back in but don't quote nnimap-split-fancy.
> >
> >
> >
> > Alas no. I am still confused as to whether the server are being set at
> > all.
>
> You mean the server variables?

Yes, apologies


> If they're specified correctly, and it
> looks like they are apart from the quoting issue, they should all be
> honored. Can you get non-fancy splitting working? Try the simplest 
> case.


No, I can't. Simple or otherwise, nothing seems to work. I do have an 
extensive set of `nnmail-split-fancy` rules, which I use for the nnml 
backend that I am trying to deprecate. For those, I haven't user 
server-variables, but just set nnmail-split-methods and the rest.


> FWIW, my local imap settings look like:
>
> (nnimap "EA"
>         (nnimap-address "localhost")
>         (nnimap-stream network)
>         (nnimap-authenticator login)
>         (nnimap-user "eric@ericabrahamsen.net"))
>
> With passwords kept in the pass utility via ~/.authinfo.gpg. I don't do
> client-side splitting, though.



Yeah, well, I have a similar set up.

I have tried debugging `gnus-summary-respool-query'. This has a bit 
`let' form like so:

         (let ((nnmail-split-methods
                        (cond
                         ((eq nnimap-split-methods 'default)
                          nnmail-split-methods)
                         (nnimap-split-methods
                          nnimap-split-methods)
                         (nnimap-split-fancy
                          'nnmail-split-fancy)))
                       (nnmail-split-fancy (or nnimap-split-fancy
                                               nnmail-split-fancy)))
                   (nnmail-article-group 'identity trace))


While evaluating this using an article in a nnimap group, all of the 
`nnimap-' variables evaluate to nil. I am not even sure how server 
variables would work; are they something like buffer-locals -- I can't 
see how these forms are going to return anything other than the global 
value for the nnimap- variables!

Phil