Re: Getting started reading mail stored in local maildir

[David]

Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> writes:
> My ~/Maildir directory is "managed" by dovecot pop/imap.
> Dovecot uses names starting with dot for "sub folder directories".
> [e.g. sub folder/sub maildir "Sent" is kept in ~/Maildir/.Sent directory]
> Gnus "refuses to see" sub directories starting with dot.

Why don't you use nnimap to access the Dovecot server? It's much faster
than nnmaildir anyway. Also, nnmaildir manages marks differently from
the usual maildir standard.

-David