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Problems with maildir
From: |
Wolfgang Pausch |
Subject: |
Problems with maildir |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:46:32 +0200 |
Hello,
I am a gnus newbie and want to set up gnus for reading mail using maildir as
mail source and as mail backend. My configuration so far is:
(setq mail-sources
'((maildir :path "~/spool/inbox_wolgmx" :subdirs ("cur" "new"))))
(setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmaildir "" (directory "~/Mail/"))))
So, I want to fetch mail from a POP3 account using getmail to the spool
directory, and then I want gnus to fetch that mail and store it in a maildir
directory called Mail.
According to the manual, I should find a group named mail.misc if I start gnus
after setting it up this way. Unfortunately, I don't. To be precesily, in one
of my first tries, I actually found it, but gnus complained about being unable
to activate it.
Then I deleted anything related to gnus and newsgroups (newsrc*, some cache
file) and switched to nnml as secondary select method - it worked! I again
deleted anything, tried switching back to nnmaildir. Now, after some more
trial and error, I have the situation that mail.misc doesn't show up at all.
And, in the inbox_wolgmx-directory, there actually is mail, I copied it from a
backup.
The background for using maildir is that I don't want to store my mail in some
incompatible format, especially as I am a gnus newbie. And as far as I know,
there are much more mail clients that understand maildir, correct?
Ok, does anyone have a hint for me? What is my mistake? And deleting which
files is sufficient for starting again from zero? Maybe I missed some obscure
cache file when trying to reset gnus after the nnml try?
Thanks,
Wolfgang
PS: I already sent this message yesterday, before I subscribed to the list. As
it didn't show up in the archive yet, I suspect some spamfilter stopping it, so
I tried again.
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- Problems with maildir,
Wolfgang Pausch <=