From: "Lars Tobias Børsting" <lars.tobias.borsting@ntnu.no>
Subject: Re: nnimap check for new mail in the background
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:45:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83hd9df435.fsf@ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <iluu0dez520.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> (Simon Josefsson's message of "Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:07 +0100")
Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
> D. Michael McFarland <dmmcf@uiuc.edu> writes:
>
>> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Historically, the reason for the "update info" message was that your
>>> groups' server method (type `G e' on the group in the *Group* buffer)
>>> said (nnimap "foo") rather than "nnimap:foo". Changing the former
>>> into to the latter would solve the problem.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this in .gnus, perhaps in the server definition?
>
> Type `G e' on a group and change it.
>
> The server definition in .gnus will likely read (nnimap "foo"
> (nnimap-server ...) ...) and that is fine. It is only the short form
> (nnimap "foo") that is used in internal data structures that is
> problematic.
I closed Gnus, opened .newsrc.eld and did 'M-%' (search and replace string)
(nnimap "foo") to "nnimap:foo as Simon suggested. That was far quicker
than doing 'G e' on every group.
--
Regards,
Lars Tobias
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-13 14:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-09 3:20 Lars Tobias Børsting
2005-12-10 11:39 ` Simon Josefsson
2005-12-11 6:22 ` D. Michael McFarland
2005-12-12 15:52 ` Simon Josefsson
2005-12-13 14:45 ` Lars Tobias Børsting [this message]
2005-12-14 3:05 ` D. Michael McFarland
2005-12-14 14:14 ` Simon Josefsson
[not found] ` <ilufyovhil3.fsf-Hx3HMpEclzRikQyLtWShHUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2005-12-14 20:43 ` Jochen Küpper
2005-12-15 10:49 ` Simon Josefsson
2005-12-13 15:01 ` Lars Tobias Børsting
2005-12-13 16:24 ` Simon Josefsson
2005-12-14 10:31 ` Lars Tobias Børsting
2005-12-14 14:12 ` Simon Josefsson
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