Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: comp.mail.pine Subject: Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:28:56 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: <10pfqho$d5lf$2@dont-email.me> References: <3ef6af02-de44-9c62-ea82-3ebb85e5ecc9@maillard.im> <10per0u$2p0g$1@dont-email.me> <9236f13e-99ca-0da1-45b5-041ccab577e7@maillard.im> Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:28:57 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fab3354dbd127e5dc0d7c8929661bd75"; logging-data="431791"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/bmlaJ/JsANh6V8Qr3RmMDSVOR2Jv6yhs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:tZrESfUCWr/KJsO2xsGwQkLgJO4= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Xref: csiph.com comp.mail.pine:3222 Xavier Maillard wrote: >On Wed, 18 Mar 2026, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > >> Xavier Maillard 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?