James Thomas <jim...@gmx.net> writes:
> Julien Cubizolles wrote:
>
>> James Thomas <jim...@gmx.net> writes:
>>
>>> James Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>> Julien Cubizolles wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I noticed that maildir subdirs don't appear anymore in Gnus. For
>>>>> instance, the
>>>>>
>>>>> [Gmail]/Inbox
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> is absent from the *Gnus Browse Server* list of groups and the [Gmail]
>>>>> group throws the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> error "Couldn’t enter nnmaildir+Gmail:[Gmail]"
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to be able to access such subdirs before with the same setup
>>>>> (nnmaildir populated by mbsync).I'm using Gnus v5.13.
>>>>
>>>> I might've had something to do with it. Could you try the fix mentioned
>>>> in bug#69517 viz:
>>>>
>>>>> Lastly, the fix for such an unlikely existing setup is a simple rename
>>>>> of the directory: say, from [Gmail]_Drafts to [Gmail]%2FDrafts.
>>>
>>> Or, in nnmaildir's case, renaming the groups might be sufficient. Could
>>> you post your group names, directory names and the active file?
>>
>> There isn't a group name since the nnmail subdir isn't picked up. A
>> nnmaildir directory name where this problem occurs is:
>>
>> ~/email/Maildir-mbsync/Free/ups-dir/ups-tex
>
> It seems (from the code and the manual) that nnmaildir descends only one
> level, unless a 'directory-files' is set in the select method (info
> "(gnus) Maildir"). Have you done that?
I never did but I think it used to descend the directory nonetheless.
>> which should appear in my setup as a group named
>>
>> ups-tex
>>
>>
>> since the top dir of the maildir is Free.
>>
>> Also, where should I look for the active file for a nnmaildir ?
>
> Sorry, nevermind. It seems nnmaildir rereads rather than cache.
>
>> Lastly, I noticed the existence of
>> gnus-subscribe-hierarchical-interactive
>>
>> Its value is t
>> Original value was nil
>>
>> If non-nil, Gnus will offer to subscribe hierarchically.
>> When a new hierarchy appears, Gnus will ask the user:
>>
>> Descend hierarchy alt.binaries? ([y]nsq):
>>
>> Is it relevant to this problem ? At the moment Gnus doesn't ask to
>> descend the hierarchy for ups-dir for instance
>
> This seems to have no effect on nnmaildir. Or perhaps you have a
> 'target-prefix' in the select method? Something like (target-prefix
> "Free/ups-dir")?
>
> Please share your config if possible.
The secondary method is just :
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(nnmaildir "Free"
(directory "/home/wilk/email/Maildir-mbsync/Free")
(gnus-search-engine gnus-search-notmuch
(remove-prefix
"/home/wilk/email/Maildir-mbsync/Free"))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Regards,
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Julien Cubizolles
