From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2141 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2020 21:28:49 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Sep 2020 21:28:49 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kHw1N-00E5OT-0V; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:28:21 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kHw1I-00E5Mb-LZ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:28:16 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kHw1H-001xj7-1n for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:28:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ywTIQI6qERuCfmwTS6ywDp7O3l6TAJ3zJDzXuDwxlMo=; b=NCeoNQRBi6VDpjkdYxp2UH0E1r Z/UAQJN3hUNUDToBfbAr9xXAYWxQI+RR1ZIudDAQtNL2q5SjrXzipelJRMeYmVOZ/FQ6SARGXNqaY X5ir5wHQTPfEBQiX6L0qfLJkSDqaDGWNXyVwKebLJ8WQpx3hvjj99OH5yZNH0mAmj9SI=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kHw1A-0006xd-19 for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:28:10 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kHw18-000AWn-Ol for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:28:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Maildir++ subfolders Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:27:53 -0700 Message-ID: <878sdcyrom.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <874ko0j4g9.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> <87y2lczyut.fsf@fedora.osfans.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dQ8wGW9DcoIMCmrRSeOg/97C+to= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Kevin Shell writes: > Kevin Shell writes: > >> Hello list. >> >> How to get Gnus display Maildir++ subfolders? >> They all start with dot(.) character, but Gnus ignores all >> folders start with dot. > > I use the Gnus nnmaildir backend. Looks like the code explicitly ignores folders that start with a dot, and forbids you from creating groups whose name starts with a dot. I'm not a maildir expert, but it looks like the standard maildir format doesn't provide for multiple folders, and the maildir++ format does provide for multiple folders, but *requires* them to start with a dot. Dovecot (the only program I know well that deal with maildir) uses maildir++ by default, but allows you to turn on a setting that uses non-dot-prefixed, potentially nested folder names. But beyond that it looks like the "normal" thing to do is dot-prefixed folder names (and subfolders emulated with multiple dots). Does anyone know why nnmaildir does it the way it does? I suppose it might make sense to give nnmaildir servers the option to choose between "traditional layout" and "filesystem layout". Eric