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Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> writes:

> I installed UoW imap server on my server box. It seems that I can
> connect, but that's where it stops...
> 
> Do I have some interface within Gnus to create/manage Imap folders? Or
> else how does this work? The documentation only covers connecting and
> splitting mail using nnimap backend...

Well, everything else should be like any other backend so regular Gnus
commands apply.

> Does this log look reasonable?

Yes.

> Here's what I have for my backends:
> 
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>      '((nnml "")
>        (nnimap "soup"
> 	       (nnimap-address "soup")
>                (nnimap-list-pattern ("Mailbox" "imap/*")))))

Looks good (perhaps you'd like to add "INBOX" to the
`nnimap-list-pattern' list, I dunno).

> I don't see any groups starting with nnimap (which I intuitively
> suspect is the way it's supposed to be, right?).

You need to subscribe to the groups before you see them. Use `A A' or
the server buffer or something to do that.