Re: Getting started reading mail stored in local maildir

[Andrzej Adam Filip]

Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> wrote:

> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> wrote:
>
>> On 2009-02-08 23:25 (UTC), Dan Davison wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>> 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 
>>
>> I'm not sure but I'd probably try "F" (Find new newsgroups) in *Group*
>> buffer.
>
> No luck on my PC.
> [ I also would like to make gnus list maildir+ folders ]

The hint:
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.

When I created soft link ~/Maildir/Sent -> ~/Maildir/.Sent gnus could
see "Sent" folder (nnmaildir:Sent) but could not access messages stored
in the "sub maildir".

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