From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why Gnus is creating .nnmaildir directory in my maildir? Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:01:06 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87im4qb3yt.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38170"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Utkarsh Singh Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 13 23:04:16 2021 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 1lWQCl-0009nS-5H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:04:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46856 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lWQCk-0001sS-8y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:04:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50374) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lWQCD-0001qv-HH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:03:41 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:33631) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lWQC3-0001QC-I8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:03:41 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.34.191]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000280CF.0000000060760720.00007BAC; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:03:28 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Utkarsh Singh , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87im4qb3yt.fsf@gmail.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128987 Archived-At: * Utkarsh Singh [2021-04-13 18:27]: > Hi, > > I am trying to configure Gnus on my GNU/Linux system. I will first > try to give background for my problem. > > 1. I am using mbsync/isync to fetch mail. > 2. msmtp as `sendmail-program'. > 3. '~/.local/share/mail/email-id' as maildir. > 4. notmuch as mail indexer. > > Overview of my maildir: > ~/.local/share/mail/utkarsh190601@gmail.com $ ls > INBOX [Gmail].Drafts [Gmail].Sent [Gmail].Spam [Gmail].Trash > Sent [Gmail].Important [Gmail].Sent Mail [Gmail].Starred > > *Problem: Gnus is creating .nnmaildir directory in my maildir.* > > Due to this whenever I try to run 'notmuch new' (command to update > indexer database) it gives several lines long warning: > ignoring non-mail file .nnmaildir/cur/..' > > I think there is something wrong with my setup because no other email > client creates extra file when reading maildir (neomutt, notmuch-mua). You are totally right, that should not be there, and is not a standard for Maildirs. With 48000+ maildirs on my side Gnus is totally disturbing the system and cannot ever even start. Is useless for Maildirs. So I keep using mutt within Emacs or from outside term. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/