GNU bug report logs - #73470
Rmail is not working with maildirs

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Message #37 received at 73470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: marc <at> mccd.space
Cc: 73470-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73470: Rmail is not working with maildirs
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:18:35 +0300

> Cc: 73470 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:50:14 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Marc Coquand <marc <at> mccd.space>
> > Cc: 73470 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:38:15 +0300
> > 
> > 
> > Version is GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 2, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit,
> > cairo version 1.18.0) of 2024-06-25.
> > 
> > I was able to change so I can read the inbox, I can read inbox files by
> > changing the command to
> > 
> > (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list
> > '("maildir:///home/mccd/mail/home/INBOX"))
> > 
> > Ideally though it'd be nice to have all email available from the
> > subdirectories as well. Perhaps this is not supported by Rmail.
> 
> Yes, it must be one file name.  But maybe you can try to add more
> elements to the list for the other directories?
> 
> > This is the messages output:
> > Wrote /home/mccd/RMAIL
> > Computing summary lines...done
> > X new messages read
> > Making completion list...
> 
> Thanks, so this bug can be closed, I guess?

No further comments in 2 weeks, so I assume the bug can be closed.

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