From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17736 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Julien Cubizolles Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Is INBOX special in a Maildir? Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:09:30 +0100 Message-ID: <87io5920bp.fsf@free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447179014 14765 80.91.229.3 (10 Nov 2015 18:10:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:10:14 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 10 19:10:05 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwDMq-0003o7-I8 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:10:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34687 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwDMq-0006Ep-E8 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:10:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwDMn-0006E2-IS for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:10:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwDMj-0000uJ-Hd for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:10:01 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:59366) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwDMj-0000tu-BD for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:09:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwDMg-0003cR-IU for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:09:54 +0100 Original-Received: from gas45-3-82-244-252-119.fbx.proxad.net ([82.244.252.119]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:09:49 +0100 Original-Received: from j.cubizolles by gas45-3-82-244-252-119.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:09:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gas45-3-82-244-252-119.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bfHzmKHHpD/YgxXtNVFwAVNiN4c= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:17736 Archived-At: I'm using OfflineIMAP to sync a remote IMAP account to a local Maildir, and dovecot to access it from Gnus using a nnimap method, like many do. The Maildir uses the fs layout (/ for separators) and has folders like: INBOX INBOX/cur INBOX/new INBOX/tmp General General/cur General/new General/tmp but also like: cur new tmp The General folder can be accessed but Gnus always report no messages in the group it calls INBOX, even though the folder named INBOX contains some messages I suspect it has to do with Gnus being confused about what INBOX really is: either the root of the Maildir, or the folder actually named INBOX. Do I need to change something in my offlineimap setup, or in Gnus' ? Julien.