From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mekeor Melire Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Gnus generates .nnmaildir directories causing mbsync to fail Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:33:32 +0000 Message-ID: <87edb1hhur.fsf@posteo.de> 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="27311"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" 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 Fri Apr 19 10:34:46 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 1rxjhj-0006kG-Jt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:34:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rxjgz-000407-2I; Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:33:57 -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 1rxjgl-0003L9-3D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:33:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rxjgj-0004GK-AX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:33:42 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71E4A240103 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:33:38 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1713515618; bh=1K8NLQH2qWWmNKcNkglXCuSMyo5STjES0S9D9daMCiY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: From; b=EypAIepQtWh9zc63+kjki2mUYicT32vAbzbpTYPOn9YlErnOePIQKcAEwBjGL4AWM i/r0HPNVb2/ypbZDu8QPpuENLh2NiMWupjDYnUsVSMjQ/49FXiMhNov19PmllehQa1 Dlw52/DlLdW+FJboWHqMH+1hTilmOQ2RLdNgeQ0uFe0wU1BC5y+MffndTKdSHEBDDa cepISslfXFPjLBDt/UX7KTZvruEYBRzbNycezBQQw2tWyikD7+k6AVYDuPfvd4OCK5 HRQj4l1hlO+Qav8kqg10t01VGkJec/6X1y7mDxWJfrncSUvGgGLdH9iUALlpgffnxN iqCpV7DfOFlaw== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4VLSbP3qFVz9rxF; Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:33:37 +0200 (CEST) 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=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=mekeor@posteo.de; helo=mout02.posteo.de 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, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, 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:146371 Archived-At: 2024-04-18 21:00 marc@mccd.space: > I'm trying to setup Gnus with maildir. > 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? I did it the other way around: I instructed mbsync to ignore the .nnmaildir files by adding some negated pattern rules to its configuration, specifically to the Channel configuration, like this: Patterns INBOX * !.nnmaildir !INBOX/.nnmaildir I'm not sure if it's redundant. Good luck!