From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Gnus generates .nnmaildir directories causing mbsync to fail Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:32:50 -0700 Message-ID: <87cyqjip99.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <878r1a6rhp.fsf@mccd.space> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10142"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Marc Coquand Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 21 01:33:48 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ryKDM-0002Nk-J1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 01:33:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryKCi-0006s9-Hh; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryKCg-0006rw-Dl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryKCf-0004Eh-1Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (71-212-21-65.tukw.qwest.net [71.212.21.65]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 38CA9FA183; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:32:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1713655976; bh=4Z72uEG02YuO0cJUOXn+lS0qKaz35QKqU1ewaUZfHGU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=xJv5QQ9rBfeC2GWPjZ6ZziIO2fCtrbTov9Vb2xkEiDQPDrZDmWmpooxnITFeyt0D6 FtkyLhkgXhaFl0qGYIY0p3wXrA5oJ1/O25yMXZDxZvoZubUQdJDMN+A0JpFwg8WBvU fbUo80x/CI4/1s34uFskFd3GwqnKYGW40aIej8/k= In-Reply-To: <878r1a6rhp.fsf@mccd.space> (Marc Coquand's message of "Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:00:50 -0500") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:146410 Archived-At: Marc Coquand 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.