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

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> This is server-specific, so you need to ask the server admins, but I
>> believe some servers map the mail spool to INBOX in IMAP.
>
> Well, it works from Mozilla with that same server.  That is, in
> Mozilla setup it asks for the path to the spool, then looks there for
> mail.  So there must be someway to pass that info from nnimap.

Does it work to subscribe to the group
nnimap+192.168.0.4:/var/spool/imap/mail/$LOGNAME?  Adding it to
nnimap-list-pattern is another option, if you prefer to subscribe to
groups via the server buffer.