From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/11910 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Getting started reading mail stored in local maildir Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:20:22 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234140024 4884 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2009 00:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:40:24 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 09 01:41:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LWKDQ-0004mr-LV for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:41:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37043 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWKC7-0002aT-Ch for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:40:15 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news.motzarella.org!motzarella.org!rileyrgdev.motzarella.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 53 Original-X-Trace: news.eternal-september.org U2FsdGVkX1+cddUp3qATlwx2+kkaKy4HUOcXeZn69oICN/29WKe77MR40MzM53mohtIY9jJ2+aHEkC66/VxVxOsqcPHwodb9gAD6E8UjHrUfU9olsS7JGQ8XBtihRUq+4Ir6lW1+qe3iyvdwpkJitQ== Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send complaints to abuse@motzarella.org with full headers Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:20:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX19BCHJJBW7T+Eo+ru7Q7Ml/g+BAYQ2XUHJT2S0sA1sDkg== Cancel-Lock: sha1:tnGssdHxilkeeopzQtR4CtB0vsg= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:82172 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:11910 Archived-At: Dan Davison writes: > I want to try out gnus, but have got nowhere so far. I would greatly > appreciate instruction on how to read mail stored locally in maildirs. > > My email is downloaded by getmail, and stored by procmail into a variety > of maildirs stored under ~/email/. However in order to start playing with > gnus, I have created the directory ~/Maildir containing a single > maildir-format directory: > > ~> ls ~/Maildir/dan-mail/ > cur new tmp > > My ~/.gnus.el contains > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) > (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods > '((nnmaildir "" (directory "/home/dan/Maildir/")))) > > When I start gnus I enter a (Group Plugged) buffer which is empty > with the message "No more unread newsgroups". When I hit "L" I see > > 0: nndraft:queue > 0: nndraft:drafts > > When I hit "^" I enter a (Server Plugged) buffer containing > > {nnfolder:archive} (closed) > > RET on that line results in a message "Connecting to archive ... done", after > which "L" displays > > {nnfolder:archive} (opened) > > > This isn't the first time I've lost a few hours trying to get started > with gnus, so I am giving up and sending this (admittedly pathetic) email. > > Thanks for any help! > > Dan > > I used to use local Maildir so know it works. I cant remember what i did though, but did you try here? http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UsingProcmailWithGnus#toc3 -- important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday. ~Dennis Gabor, Innovations: Scientific, Technological and Social, 1970