Re: Creating nnmaildir

[Jarle Thorsen]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
> Jarle Thorsen <jarle@genbukan.no> wrote:
>> I am trying to create an nnmaildir group that will read mail from
>> ~/Mail/spam.
>>
>> However when I try to create the group using "G m" gnus keeps telling me
>> "Couldn't create group on server:" (IIRC)
>
> You need to create a select method first.  Maybe something like:
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
>              '(nnmaildir "" (directory "~/nnmaildir")))
>
> Create that directory, and create a symlink inside it pointing to the
> ~/Mail/spam maildir.  Then you should be able to run Gnus and
> subscribe to the group.  See the "Maildir" node in the manual for more
> details.

Do I need to "Make a foreign group" afterwards or should the above take
care of this? I can't find any nnmaildir group in my list when I press "L"...

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Jarle Thorsen
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