Hello Eric,
I've managed to figure out. The TL;DR is: simply, don't use the
`create-directory' server parameter. Using only `target-prefix' is what
is needed. 😅
Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> So maybe try taking out the (target-prefix "") server config completely?
With something like this:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
...
(nnmaildir ""
(directory "~/Dir")
;; (target-prefix "")
(get-new-mail t)
(create-directory ""))
...
#+end_src
Gnus will create groups (and respective folders) specified in
`nnmail-split-method', however it will raise an error, saying that the
directories already exists (?) and we will get a crash box, again. With
my testes, any other value besides `""' will result in error.
But, uncommenting the `target-prefix' line and removing the
`create-directory' one, we'll end with the expected behaviour, without
errors.
> I really don't know how this is meant to work. If you figure it out we
> should update the manual.
If its of any use, I'd would like to suggest:
- Inform in the manual that if the user wants to configure something
like `(target-prefix "maildirs/")', he will need to create the
`"maildirs"' folder (in my example above, inside the `"~/Dir"'), by
code or manually; and
- Switch the `create-directory' to `target-prefix' in the last
paragraph. But the code will still be there...
I don't know if there would be any practical benefit in making changes
in a way that using `create-directory' works as expected, especially
when `target-prefix' already does the job. But anyway, I'm just
rambling here, the question has been answered.
Thank you very much for pointing the direction to address this issue,
Eric.
--
Regards,
Fernando de Morais.
