From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Rmail, movemail and maildir Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 18:33:45 +0100 Message-ID: <87zifqkdmu.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <5bh921a0c4.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1491672877 24287 195.159.176.226 (8 Apr 2017 17:34:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 17:34:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, spk121@yahoo.com To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 08 19:34:21 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cwuFe-0004g9-8W for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2017 19:34:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56063 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwuFk-0000IY-1i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57572) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwuFF-0000IF-UI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:33:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwuFB-0007BJ-VL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:33:53 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp07.blacknight.com ([46.22.139.12]:34431) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwuFB-0007Av-PW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:33:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail02.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.11]) by outbound-smtp07.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DE171C1E17 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2017 18:33:46 +0100 (IST) Original-Received: (qmail 29725 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2017 17:33:46 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[82.161.226.102]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 8 Apr 2017 17:33:46 -0000 In-Reply-To: <5bh921a0c4.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:54:19 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 46.22.139.12 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112725 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > Mike Gran wrote: > >> Thanks all for looking into it. There is a problem with my setup. >> If I have free time, I'll trace through the code and figure it out. > > Don't waste your time. Rmail has no working support for Maildir, and > seemingly never has. https://debbugs.gnu.org/26376 After reading the bug report I think that Glenn Morris is right. It could probably be fixed with a small patch. However, the function rmail-insert-inbox-text is very long and diffcult to understand. So it wouldn't be simple. BR, Robert Thorpe