GNU bug report logs - #21258
nnmaildir and subdirectories

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Message #6 received at 21258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21258: nnmaildir and subdirectories
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:17:50 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I suppose I can fudge it by
>
> 1) using symlinks at the top-level, eg
> folder3-subfolder4 -> folder3/subfolder4
>
> 2) tweaking nnmaildir's directory-files parameter so that directories
> like "folder3" that only contain subfolders aren't presented as groups.
>
> But it would be nice if Gnus just handled subdirectories out-of-the-box.

I'm not familiar with the nnmaildir code at all, but wouldn't nnmaildir
have to stat a whole lot of files if it were to find all possible
directories?  And "maildir" is a specific format specified by
maildir(5).  (Which I haven't read, either.  :-))

So my guess is that this wouldn't be a good idea.  It sounds like you
want nnmh or nnml, not nnmaildir, really...

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