Re: Bug in nnimap?

[Frank Schmitt <ich@frank-schmitt.net>]

"Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld@gmx.ch> writes:

> Hi to all
>
> I'm using Gnus as an imap client since two years now. What annoys me
> ever since, is that Gnus keeps record of old mail headers of long
> deleted emails (not expired, deleted!).
>
> When entering a Group with C-u, Gnus asks if I want to see the several
> thousands of messages in that group. In reality there are only about one
> or two hundred mails within that imap folder. But Gnus actually displays the
> headers of every email that had ever lived in that group -- no matter if
> it's long deleted or shifted to another imap-folder. The Summary buffer
> displays the headers with the "O" mark, turning to "G" when one selects
> the message.
>
> This is annoying, especially if you have to worry about space
> limitations on the server. Gnus is not capable to tell how many mails
> actually exist in the respective folder.
>
> Is that a bug in nnimap? Is it a feature? Can somebody tell me how to
> prevent Gnus from keeping track of old headers or how to refresh its
> memory? 
>
> Can anybody even reproduce that behavior?

I regularly watch #gnus on freenode and this comes up very
frequently. The solution is to turn off Gnus agent.

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