Re: Using gnus with locally stored email

["Gary" <gnus@garydjones.name>]

Tassilo Horn wrote:
> "Gary" writes:

>>   (setq mail-sources
>>         '((directory :path "/home/gary/Mail")))
>>
>> (Actually I tried just this, and nothing happened - I guess I have to
>> also set something else?)
>
> I have to clue about local mail spools, but judging from the docs, the
> snippet above looks correct.  Maybe that will create some server and you
> first have to subscribe to its groups by entering the *Server* buffer (^
> in *Group*, the RET on a server, U on groups to subscribe)?

Hmm. You're at least partly right, there is an "nnfolder:archive"
server, and when I press RET I get the message "Connecting to
archive...done"... but there aren't any groups there. If I edit the
server I get
,----
| ;;; Editing the server.
| ;; Type `C-c C-c' after you've finished editing.
|
| (nnfolder "archive"
|           (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/archive")
|           (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active")
|           (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil)
|           (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t))
`----

I'm not even convinced that "server" is from today's attempt to set
things up. The date on the directory is 28th May, so it looks like I
tried something before and that is left over from then.