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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Can't select group on groups with unread messages
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:32:35 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8761guuvt8.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ha0ev09d.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net>

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> So I did something clever recently, switching the IMAP backends of two
> of my nnimap servers, without telling Gnus I'd done it. Everything went
> surprisingly well, except for one thing.
>
> On one of my accounts (not the other), if the INBOX has unread messages,
> I can't open it. If I hit return on it, it tells me "Can't select
> group". If I open it with C-u or M-{digit}, it opens with the specified
> number of messages. So far I'm not sure if it is showing me the newly
> arrived messages or not; at any rate, when I open the group using C-u or
> M-{digit}, none of the messages are marked unread, and when I quit out
> of the group, the unread count remains unchanged. I still can't just
> enter the group normally.

Okay, I confirmed that, as new messages come in, I can't see them. If I
enter the group with C-u or M-something, it just shows me the old
messages, not including the new ones.

> Does anyone know how I get out of this situation?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric




  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-11 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-11 11:56 Eric Abrahamsen
2014-09-11 13:32 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2014-09-11 14:23   ` Eric S Fraga
2014-09-11 15:20     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-09-13  6:26       ` Eric S Fraga

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