From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space>
Cc: 73470@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73470: Rmail is not working with maildirs
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:49:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zfnvbun6.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cykr53fk.fsf@bogo.lt> (message from Marc Coquand on Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:20:51 +0300)
> From: Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space>
> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:20:51 +0300
>
> I noticed that according to the documentation, rmail should work with
> maildirs, assuming you have movemail installed.
>
> I made sure GNU movemail is installed and tried setting my maildir using
> set-rmail-inbox-list command. I set it to maildir://~/my-mail, which is
> the folder where my mail is stored. It loads without issue on other
> mail clients.
>
> However, with rmail I get the error when fetching the mail saying "No
> mail.". I would expect it to load my email.
What happens if you expand "~" in "~/my-mail" and set the inbox to the
result? For example, if "~/my-mail" expands to "/home/user/my-mail",
try using "maildir:///home/user/my-mail", per the documentation in the
node "Movemail" of the Emacs user manual.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-09-25 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-25 12:20 bug#73470: Rmail is not working with maildirs Marc Coquand
2024-09-25 15:49 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] ` <87r096h9jb.fsf@bogo.lt>
2024-09-26 14:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-26 14:17 ` Marc Coquand
2024-09-26 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-26 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-27 15:15 ` Marc Coquand
2024-09-27 15:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-27 16:38 ` Marc Coquand
2024-09-27 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-12 11:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
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