Re: Gnus generates .nnmaildir directories causing mbsync to fail

[Mekeor Melire]

2024-04-18 21:00 marc@mccd.space:

> I'm trying to setup Gnus with maildir.

> It reads the directory without issue, but when I try to sync I get an
> error that there is a folder .nnmaildir created, which I believe is done
> by gnus.
>
> Is there a way to setup gnus so it doesn't generate these metadata files
> within the directories?

I did it the other way around: I instructed mbsync to ignore the
.nnmaildir files by adding some negated pattern rules to its
configuration, specifically to the Channel configuration, like this:

        Patterns INBOX * !.nnmaildir !INBOX/.nnmaildir

I'm not sure if it's redundant. Good luck!