Re: new gnus setup with Dovecot

[Rasmus]

Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net> writes:

> I am currently using mu4e for email, but I would like to try out Gnus
> (while keeping my working mu4e setup in order to be able to actually do
> email while trying out/setting up Gnus). mu4e uses offlineimap as a
> backend with Maildir structure. So I was hoping to be able to maintain my
> Maildir setup while trying out Gnus.
>
> I setup dovecot by simply putting
>
> mail_location = maildir:~/home/MYUSERNAME/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
>
> in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and starting the dovecot server.
>
> In .gnus.el I put:
>
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnimap "localhost" (nnimap-stream
> network))))

I think, I only use the following:

    (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
                   '(nnimap "mail"
                            (nnimap-stream shell)
                            (nnimap-shell-program
                             "MAIL=maildir:$HOME/mail /usr/lib/dovecot/imap")))

Gnus should also be able to handle maildirs.

Rasmus

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