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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Jin Huang <hj@cad.zju.edu.cn>
Cc: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to properly delete a nnmaildir folder?
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:28:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqg5x6it.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.16612.1394071794.10748.info-gnus-english@gnu.org> (Jin Huang's message of "Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:54:36 -0800")

Jin Huang <hj@cad.zju.edu.cn> writes:

> The group buffer list all the subdirectories well.  However, after I
> removed one useless subdirectory, the group buffer still shows it, but
> with a star before it:
>
>        *: nnmaildir+email: xxx
>
> I have tried to use G <DEL> to delete it from the group, it tells me:
>
>   Couldn't delete group nnmaildir+email: xxx

If it doesn't exist, it can't be deleted.  >"?

Just kill it with `C-k'.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/

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2014-03-07 17:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-03-08  0:47   ` Jin Huang
2014-03-06  1:54 Jin Huang

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