From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: [nnimap] make gnus look in specific dir on server
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:57:59 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3islhwzh4.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ilu65hiyz9p.fsf@latte.josefsson.org>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-18 13:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-18 5:05 Harry Putnam
2003-11-18 6:19 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-11-18 13:57 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2003-11-18 14:02 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-11-18 15:12 ` Harry Putnam
2003-11-18 20:45 ` Kai Grossjohann
2003-11-18 22:01 ` Harry Putnam
2003-12-29 21:38 ` Steinar Bang
2003-12-29 22:29 ` Steinar Bang
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