From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54842 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [nnimap] make gnus look in specific dir on server Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:01:06 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87n0atmmmw.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069192915 21012 80.91.224.253 (18 Nov 2003 22:01:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M3382@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Nov 18 23:01:53 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 1AMDuz-0001Os-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:01:53 +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 1AMDuR-00040k-00; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:01:19 -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 1AMDuI-00040a-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:01:10 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326743A0026 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:01:10 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMDuH-0005QS-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:01:09 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMDuG-0005QK-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:01:08 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMDuG-0005Qt-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:01:08 +0100 Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KG9u4iaObxuRLFWZbAWhGcVg3No= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54842 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54842 Kai Grossjohann 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. > > It is best not to think about files and directories when using IMAP. > For all you know, the IMAP server might be asking the Oracle of Delphi > for the contents of your mail. I guess I wanted the Oracle of ` /var/spool/imap/mail/$LOGNAME' to be the one consulted... : ) > Usually, opening a "folder" called "INBOX" will map to something > useful, and I'm guessing that this might be what you are looking for. Yeah that works alright but only if INBOX is in ~/$LOGNAME Simon has gotten me lined out and I find the right area with this in server spec: (nnimap-list-pattern ("/var/spool/imap/mail/*")) I made an attempt to compile my imap server to look in /var/spool/imap/mail by default. I guess I botched it. I think gnus is just going along with what the imap server says. There is probably some what to ask the UW server what is its default but I didn't see it in the help files that came with it.