From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/39292 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nicolas KOWALSKI Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: nnimap subfolder problem Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:02:29 +0200 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035175022 27097 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:37:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 11717 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2001 12:03:08 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 16 Oct 2001 12:03:08 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 15tSvo-0006df-00; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:02:48 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:02:25 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA25868 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:02:14 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 11708 invoked by alias); 16 Oct 2001 12:02:31 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 11703 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2001 12:02:31 -0000 Original-Received: from imag.imag.fr (129.88.30.1) by gnus.org with SMTP; 16 Oct 2001 12:02:31 -0000 Original-Received: from ormelune.imag.fr (ormelune.imag.fr [129.88.43.35]) by imag.imag.fr (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9GC2Ux29677 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:02:30 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from olan.imag.fr.imag.fr (olan [129.88.43.51]) by ormelune.imag.fr (8.9.1b+Sun/jtpda-5.3.3) with SMTP id OAA00856 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:02:24 +0200 (MET DST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: #v^9{p"~.e3TDs~r\ (Simon Josefsson's message of "Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:41:50 +0200") Original-Lines: 44 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) XEmacs/21.1 (Capitol Reef) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:39292 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:39292 Simon Josefsson writes: >> >> My problem is : when I try to rename (G r) the group "perso/famille" >> to something like "perso/famille/misc", Gnus tells me the group has an >> invalid name...I suspect Gnus to not tolerate '/' characters in group >> names, but that is what I need in my case. >> >> Any idea(s) ? > > You need to customize the variable below. Does anyone know why `/' > was forbidden in group names? Maybe we can change the default? > > `gnus-invalid-group-regexp' Ok, worked fine. Thanks a lot. > >> PS : I tried to rename "perso/famille" to "perso.famille", this works; >> but then I can not rename it to use subfolders >> ("perso/famille/misc"). > > Why not? Creating a file perso.famille.misc should work fine, even if > there is a perso.famille file. Perhaps this approach is the easist. > I already thought this approach was easy. This is just a question of habits :-|. >> PS 2: when I use nnml or nnfolder backends, Gnus stores groups using >> subdirectories for group names like "foo.bar.geez" (gives >> foo/bar/geez). Is it possible to use the same functionnality for >> nnimap backend ? > > I don't think so, it would mean making `.' and `/' equivalent, and > that is something the IMAP server should do (if at all). I disagree : what happens if our Eudora/Messenger/Outlook users create folders containing dot in their names ? The Gnus beahviour to create subfolders with dot-named folders is Gnus specific, ans should stays IMHO as is. Nicolas.