An update:

tried this:

        [...]
        # all imap related stuff together..
        localhost Imap /var {
                comp-high-tar
                #exclude file append "*"
                include list append "/home/amanda/var-imap-list"
                } 4
        [...]


with /home/amanda/var-imap-list looking like this:

        # cat /home/amanda/var*
        ./imap
        ./spool/imap


and found that /var/spool/imap is still not backed up:


# less /rmp/amanda/runtar.20030524151819.debug

gtar: version 2.4.4

root@adelphi:/tmp/amanda# cat sendbackup.Imap.20030524151819.include
./imap


seems the second line does not make it past amanda's combining all entries
from include lists into that one file. Humph.


the same list works as an exclude list in another disk definition
(both ./imap and ./spool/imap are in the /tmp/... list handed to GnuTar).

any ideas anyone?