From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68519 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: nnmairix problem after nnmaildir -> nnimap switch Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 23:35:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87tz40eels.fsf@engster.org> References: <87hc00y3ab.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241472947 13735 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2009 21:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 21:35:47 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M16952@lists.math.uh.edu Mon May 04 23:35:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M15p2-0000QV-Va for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 23:35:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1M15os-0002PH-4X; Mon, 04 May 2009 16:35:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1M15oq-0002Os-Px for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 04 May 2009 16:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M15ok-0002aS-O8 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 04 May 2009 16:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from m61s02.vlinux.de ([83.151.21.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1M15pC-0000Yd-00 for ; Mon, 04 May 2009 23:35:46 +0200 Original-Received: from dslc-082-082-171-044.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.82.171.44] helo=void) by m61s02.vlinux.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M15oj-0005A4-9p for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 23:35:17 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87hc00y3ab.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> (Dan Davison's message of "Mon, 04 May 2009 17:19:24 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.93 (gnu/linux) Mail-Copies-To: never Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68519 Archived-At: Dan Davison writes: > However, there is no mention of nnmaildir any longer in my gnus config, > so I assume it must be getting an instruction to use nnmaildir from some > persistent gnus data stored within my maildirs: I've tried renaming the > zz_mairix-mairix-1 maildir folder, but the error message persists (and a > new one is created). How should I get nnmairix to forget about nnmaildir? nnmairix is usually used as a foreign server, i.e. its information is saved in .newsrc.eld between sessions. However, that file is not meant to be edited by hand. To get rid of an existing nnmairix server, you just have to delete *all* existing nnmairix groups and restart Gnus. You can then create a new nnmairix server for the new nnimap back end. If your Gnus won't startup anymore because of the error, you can try to start it with a lower group level by using C-u 1 M-x gnus RET If your nnmairix groups have a level >1, they won't be checked at startup and can then be deleted. Regards, David