Re: Gnus Agent patches for IMAP disconnected operation

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

Rory Murtagh <rory@tivoli.com> writes:

> > Be prepared to file bug reports if you decide to test it, I'm sure
> > there are bugs in it.
> 
> Is this the right way to file a report?  You and copy the list?

Yes, or just to the list.

> On NTEmacs I think I have a problem because of the (second) ":" is the
> pathname.  'JS' says: 
> 
> Signaling: (file-error "Creating directory" "invalid argument" "c:/winnt/profiles/rory_murtagh/News/agent/nnimap/tivoli+nnimap+tivoli:IMAP")

There is a variable `nnheader-file-name-translation-alist', try
setting it as the example in the documentation says (included
below). IMHO Gnus under NTEmacs should have that as a default value.

Another point is that your group name looks really messed up
("tivoli+nnimap+tivli:IMAP"). I've seen that too but don't know the
proper solution for it, if you get any trouble from it I'll post the
dirty hack I use to solve that.

nnheader-file-name-translation-alist's value is 
nil

Documentation:
*Alist that says how to translate characters in file names.
For instance, if ":" is invalid as a file character in file names
on your system, you could say something like:

(setq nnheader-file-name-translation-alist '((?: . ?_)))

You can customize this variable.

Defined in `nnheader'.