Re: Gnus sometimes reports new messages but not showing them on IMAP server

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

On Mai 10 2024, Andrew Cohen wrote:

>>>>>> "XD" == Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     >> When the count is restored to normal, does "G p" show modseq
>     >> still without a value?
>
>     XD> Yes.  This is "G p" after I used the move-in-move-out trick to
>     XD> reset the count:
>
>     XD> ,---- | ((modseq) | (uidvalidity . "11") | (active 1 . 12) |
>     XD> (permanent-flags %Seen %Answered %Flagged %Deleted %Draft
>     XD> $MDNSent)) `----
>
> Thanks. It seems that two different cases have been reported: those
> which are fixed with "M-g" and those (like this case of yours) that are
> not.  I was hoping that the absence of a value for modseq might be a
> clue as to the difference, but apparently not :(

The modseq value comes from the HIGHESTMODSEQ response (see RFC 4551,
3.1.1).  If the HIGHESTMODSEQ response is missing, then the server does
not support the persistent storage of mod-sequences.

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