From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54831 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [nnimap] make gnus look in specific dir on server Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:02:46 +0100 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069164190 19759 80.91.224.253 (18 Nov 2003 14:03:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M3371@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Nov 18 15:03:07 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 1AM6Rf-0007f9-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:03:07 +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 1AM6RZ-0002uq-00; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:03:01 -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 1AM6RV-0002ul-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:02:57 -0600 Original-Received: from yxa.extundo.com (178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net [217.13.230.178]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191C53A0045 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:02:54 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from latte (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAIE2o1L013710 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:02:51 +0100 Original-To: Harry Putnam Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:031118:reader@newsguy.com:8bb30e6595363669 X-Hashcash: 0:031118:reader@newsguy.com:8bb30e6595363669 X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:031118:ding@gnus.org:99df335f7a52479b X-Hashcash: 0:031118:ding@gnus.org:99df335f7a52479b In-Reply-To: (Harry Putnam's message of "Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:57:59 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/22.0.0 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54831 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54831 Harry Putnam writes: > Simon Josefsson writes: > >> 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. >> >> 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.