Re: store sent mail and incoming mail in one group?

[Xiao-Yong Jin]

David Z Maze <dmaze@mit.edu> writes:

> Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu> writes:
> 
> > Somehow, I want my mail group to be managed more or less like the way
> > news groups do.  That is I can see my mails in sort of subject in one
> > group where both my incoming mails and sent-out mails are listed.
> >
> > Does it mean what I only need is to put the sent mails in the same
> > group with my incoming mail?  And how?
> 
> I always bcc mail to myself:
> 
> (require 'message)
> (setq message-required-mail-headers
>       (nconc message-required-mail-headers
>            (list '(Bcc . "dmaze@mit.edu"))))
> 
> And then sort mail using nnmail-split-fancy with "any" tags:
> 
> (setq nnmail-split-fancy
>       `(|
>         (: spam-split)
>         (any mail "mail.misc.admin")
>         (& ; mailing lists
>          (to "ding@gnus\\.org" "mail.lists.gnus.ding")
>          ; ...
>         )
>         (& ; personal mail
>          (any "friend@example\\.org" "mail.people.example.friend")
>          ; ...
>         )
>         (any "dmaze@.*mit\\.edu" "mail.misc.personal")
>         "mail.misc.impersonal")
>       nnmail-split-methods 'nnmail-split-fancy)
It will be tricky to put my sent mails in group to which my mail 
replies.

> 
> Other people seem to like using Gnus' message-archive feature and
> inserting Gcc: headers in outgoing mail to archive in particlar
> groups; see info://gnus/Archived+Messages for details on how this
> works.
> 
>   --dzm