From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54839 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [nnimap] make gnus look in specific dir on server Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:45:27 +0000 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <87n0atmmmw.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069188384 11293 80.91.224.253 (18 Nov 2003 20:46:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:46:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M3379@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Nov 18 21:46:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMCju-0004NF-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:46:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AMCjO-0003jT-00; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:45:50 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AMCjF-0003jL-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:45:41 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DA963A0026 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:45:40 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMCjE-0004QO-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:45:40 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1069188339 16994 213.203.244.156 (18 Nov 2003 20:45:39 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:45:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qaB/aUKfmHXUiMzO6UKSL7pI20U= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54839 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54839 Harry Putnam 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