From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Gnus generates .nnmaildir directories causing mbsync to fail
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:32:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cyqjip99.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878r1a6rhp.fsf@mccd.space> (Marc Coquand's message of "Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:00:50 -0500")
Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space> writes:
> Heya!
>
> I'm trying to setup Gnus with maildir. I've setup the following:
>
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
> '((nnmaildir "personal"
> (nnmail-expiry-target "nnmaildir+personal:Trash")
> (directory "~/mail-home"))))
>
> It reads the directory without issue, but when I try to sync I get an
> error that there is a folder .nnmaildir created, which I believe is done
> by gnus.
>
> Is there a way to setup gnus so it doesn't generate these metadata files
> within the directories?
No, it looks like the location of the metadata folder is hard-coded.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-20 23:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-19 2:00 Gnus generates .nnmaildir directories causing mbsync to fail Marc Coquand
2024-04-19 8:33 ` Mekeor Melire
2024-04-20 23:32 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
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