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master 606dfb60e3 1/2: Clarify Splitting Mail in the Gnus manual
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
master 606dfb60e3 1/2: Clarify Splitting Mail in the Gnus manual |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:05:24 -0500 (EST) |
branch: master
commit 606dfb60e38bc3237afaa63cd92ef6b738fd54a1
Author: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Clarify Splitting Mail in the Gnus manual
* doc/misc/gnus.texi (Splitting Mail): Clarify what happens when
crossposting or not (bug#53307).
---
doc/misc/gnus.texi | 17 +++++++++++------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index b3efdfbacb..306d66de64 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -14838,12 +14838,17 @@ mail belongs in that group.
The last of these groups should always be a general one, and the regular
expression should @emph{always} be @samp{""} so that it matches any mails
that haven't been matched by any of the other regexps. (These rules are
-processed from the beginning of the alist toward the end. The first rule
-to make a match will ``win'', unless you have crossposting enabled. In
-that case, all matching rules will ``win''.) If no rule matched, the mail
-will end up in the @samp{bogus} group. When new groups are created by
-splitting mail, you may want to run @code{gnus-group-find-new-groups} to
-see the new groups. This also applies to the @samp{bogus} group.
+processed from the beginning of the alist toward the end.
+
+If multiple rules match (excluding the general @samp{""} group), mail
+is crossposted to all these groups. However, if
+@code{nnmail-crosspost} is set to @code{nil}, the first rule to make a
+match will ``win''.
+
+If no rule matched, the mail will end up in the @samp{bogus} group.
+When new groups are created by splitting mail, you may want to run
+@code{gnus-group-find-new-groups} to see the new groups. This also
+applies to the @samp{bogus} group.
If you like to tinker with this yourself, you can set this variable to a
function of your choice. This function will be called without any