Re: maildir subdirs not accessible anymore

[James Thomas]

Julien Cubizolles wrote:

> James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> James Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Julien Cubizolles wrote:
>>>
>>>> I noticed that maildir subdirs don't appear anymore in Gnus. For
>>>> instance, the
>>>>
>>>> [Gmail]/Inbox
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> is absent from the *Gnus Browse Server* list of groups and the [Gmail]
>>>> group throws the following:
>>>>
>>>> error "Couldn’t enter nnmaildir+Gmail:[Gmail]"
>>>>
>>>> I used to be able to access such subdirs before with the same setup
>>>> (nnmaildir populated by mbsync).I'm using Gnus v5.13.
>>>
>>> I might've had something to do with it. Could you try the fix mentioned
>>> in bug#69517 viz:
>>>
>>>> Lastly, the fix for such an unlikely existing setup is a simple rename
>>>> of the directory: say, from [Gmail]_Drafts to [Gmail]%2FDrafts.
>>
>> Or, in nnmaildir's case, renaming the groups might be sufficient. Could
>> you post your group names, directory names and the active file?
>
> There isn't a group name since the nnmail subdir isn't picked up. A
> nnmaildir directory name where this problem occurs is:
>
> ~/email/Maildir-mbsync/Free/ups-dir/ups-tex

It seems (from the code and the manual) that nnmaildir descends only one
level, unless a 'directory-files' is set in the select method (info
"(gnus) Maildir"). Have you done that?

> which should appear in my setup as a group named
>
> ups-tex
>
>
> since the top dir of the maildir is Free.
>
> Also, where should I look for the active file for a nnmaildir ?

Sorry, nevermind. It seems nnmaildir rereads rather than cache.

> Lastly, I noticed the existence of
> gnus-subscribe-hierarchical-interactive
>
> Its value is t
> Original value was nil
>
> If non-nil, Gnus will offer to subscribe hierarchically.
> When a new hierarchy appears, Gnus will ask the user:
>
> Descend hierarchy alt.binaries? ([y]nsq):
>
> Is it relevant to this problem ? At the moment Gnus doesn't ask to
> descend the hierarchy for ups-dir for instance

This seems to have no effect on nnmaildir. Or perhaps you have a
'target-prefix' in the select method? Something like (target-prefix
"Free/ups-dir")?

Please share your config if possible.

Regards,
James