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Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick

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Xavier Maillard  <x@maillard.im> wrote:
>On Wed, 18 Mar 2026, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>
>> Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2026, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2026, Xavier Maillard wrote:
>>
>>>>> I read it but I failed to set it up. I already have defined my inbox-path
>>>>> which is using my Imap. I tried to M S C then on the inbox-path, I did a
>>>>> but it replaced my previous value. Any hint ? Should I do C or A ?
>>
>>>> This is my setup.
>>
>>>> 1) I have an incoming-folders-collection. If you do not have one,
>>>> I recommend you set up one: Press M S C and enable
>>
>>>> [X]  Enable Incoming Folders Collection
>>
>>>> If this the first time you ever do this, you will need to restart Alpine.
>>
>>>> 2) In my local folders I have a folder "comp.mail.pine" in the directory
>>>> ~/.inc-fld. You can do this with the command
>>
>>>> mkdir ~/.inc-fld
>>>> touch ~/.inc-fld/comp.mail.pine
>>
>>> Is this a simple file or a folder ?
>>
>> If you use Berkeley Mail format for your message archive, it'll be a fkat
>> file with the Berkeley-style boundary. Your choice.
>>
>> "touch" literally creates an empty file, not a directory.
>
>Ok, got it. I forgot to put a { in my incoming-folder but Pine did not 
>tell me what was wrong...
>
>I can now browse my maildrop folder. Thank you all for your explanations.
>
>Just curious: can this be applied for my /var/mail spool file ?

I suppose. On my system, the inbox lives in my home directory anyway.
Can you change the server setting if this is what you prefer?

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    Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-16 23:18 +0000
  Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-16 23:23 +0000
    Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 03:14 +0100
      Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-17 03:13 +0000
        Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 05:06 +0100
          Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-17 07:28 +0000
            Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 19:26 +0100
              Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-17 18:31 +0000
  Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> - 2026-03-17 22:15 -0600
    Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-18 07:29 +0100
      Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> - 2026-03-18 00:47 -0600
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