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Subject: Re: Alternative for nnimap-list-pattern
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On 30 November 2023 22:34 Rud1ger Sch1erz, wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> for one of my email servers I just want to move vom POP to nnimap.
>
> Connection to the mail server works, but the server then sends me my
> complete home directory, every single file as a group, not just my mbox
> (/var/mail/my_mbox).
>
> In early versions of nnimap there was a variable nnimap-list-pattern
> which contains a list groups in which I'm really interested, to omit the
> other junk from those imap servers.
>
> As I learned here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2022-01/msg01693.html
> that variable does not exist anymore in current gnus version.
>
> Is there another way to filter groups from the nnimap server?


Can you go into the *server* buffer, browse/open/enter your nnimap
server there, and find all of your imap folders?

Then you could select the folders you want in the *Group* buffer?