Re: [nnimap] make gnus look in specific dir on server

[Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> How can I make gnus thru nnimap look at the mail spool on the imap
> server?
>
> Using the simple setup from gnus info I'm taken to the username
> $HOME.  But the mail is at /var/spool/imap/mail/$LOGNAME on the
> server.

It is best not to think about files and directories when using IMAP.
For all you know, the IMAP server might be asking the Oracle of Delphi
for the contents of your mail.

Usually, opening a "folder" called "INBOX" will map to something
useful, and I'm guessing that this might be what you are looking for.

Hm.  But the UW server uses folder names that are just like the file
names, so it's easy to get confused.  Hm.  What happens if you remove
the nnimap-list-pattern thing?  Then I think that the UW server needs
a long time to examine all the files in your home dir, but it ought to
be an easy way to find out what kinds of folders it knows.  It would
just take long.

I know too little about the UW server to say something concrete, I'm
afraid.

Kai