Re: nnmaildir don't get new email with gnus-group-get-new-news

[Richard Riley]

Pedro Kröger <pedro.kroger@gmail.com> writes:

> On Nov 4, 1:31 pm, Richard Riley <rileyrg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> One (possibly unrelated) thing to be aware of is that Maildir
>> directories (at least for dovecot) need to start with a period "."
>
> that doesn't seem to be the case if offlineimap+gmail (it works fine)
> and it is not the case with gnus (it ignores directories starting with
> a period).
>
> pedro

I am surprised. I was under the impression that the official format for
maildir was to start with a period. They certainly are in my
getmail/procmail/dovecot setup.

e.g 

Maildir
 /.inbox
  /cur
  /new
  /temp

regards

richard.