getmail question... What is a "Maildir" supposed to be???

[Andrew Hammond]

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Maildir's have more structure to them than just a simple directory.
IIRC, there are files listing seen and unseen mail. I remember there
were a couple of ways to initialize them. I bet that you could find them
with a google search.

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Walter Dnes wrote:
>   The Gentoo packagers have decided to not include the pushkey option, so
> the muttrc option...
> push"G"
> doesn't work.  I'm trying to use getmail to pull mail.  Here's a really
> basic config file for testing...
> 
> [retriever]
> type = SimplePOP3Retriever
> server = 127.0.0.1
> username = ********
> port = 10110
> password = ********
> 
> [destination]
> type = Maildir
> path = ~/Maildir/
> user = waltdnes
> 
> [options]
> read_all = true
> delete = false
> message_log = ~/.getmail/log
> max_messages_per_session = 5
> 
>   I run up a 2-line script that first sets up ssh-tunneling, and then
> launches getmail.  I've created a directory "Maildir" in my home
> directory.  The ssh session does connect, and I get the following
> complaints.  What is required of Maildir?
> 
> /usr/lib/python2.3/optparse.py:668: FutureWarning: %u/%o/%x/%X of negative int will return a signed string in Python 2.4 and up
>   return ("<%s at 0x%x: %r>"
> getmail version 4.3.3
> Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Charles Cazabon.  Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.
> SimplePOP3Retriever:waltdnes-savSHZN5Fh8qMp+WYRx65w at public.gmane.org:10110:
> Delivery error (maildir delivery 18921 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
>   msg   1/175 (2792 bytes), delivery error (maildir delivery 18921 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
> Delivery error (maildir delivery 18922 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
>   msg   2/175 (2299 bytes), delivery error (maildir delivery 18922 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
> Delivery error (maildir delivery 18923 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
>   msg   3/175 (2448 bytes), delivery error (maildir delivery 18923 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
> Delivery error (maildir delivery 18924 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
>   msg   4/175 (3656 bytes), delivery error (maildir delivery 18924 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
> Delivery error (maildir delivery 18925 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
>   msg   5/175 (10417 bytes), delivery error (maildir delivery 18925 error (127,
> maildir delivery process failed (not a Maildir (/home/waltdnes/Maildir/))))
>   5 messages retrieved, 0 skipped
> 
>   The logfile looks OK.
> 
> 2005-05-08 21:39:38 Initializing SimplePOP3Retriever:waltdnes-savSHZN5Fh8qMp+WYRx65w at public.gmane.org:10110:
> 2005-05-08 21:39:38 msg   1/175 (2792 bytes) msgid 1115510207.4707.manson from <gentoo-user+bounces-9531-waltdnes=waltdnes.org-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org>
> 2005-05-08 21:39:39 msg   2/175 (2299 bytes) msgid 1115513396.9085.manson from <owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> 2005-05-08 21:39:39 msg   3/175 (2448 bytes) msgid 1115513917.9751.manson from <owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> 2005-05-08 21:39:39 msg   4/175 (3656 bytes) msgid 1115515876.12248.manson from
> <gentoo-user+bounces-9532-waltdnes=waltdnes.org-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org>
> 2005-05-08 21:39:39 msg   5/175 (10417 bytes) msgid 1115515947.12315.manson from <gentoo-user+bounces-9533-waltdnes=waltdnes.org-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org>
> 
> 
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