Re: "No such article" error

[Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>]

I'd like to substitute a simpler question: how should I migrate a
functioning Maildir/dovecot/gnus setup to a new laptop (Ubuntu)?

I have tried copying the Maildirs over with

rsync -avHAX

and also copying my ~/.gnus, ~/.newsrc* and dovecot config files, and it
all looks OK up until the summary buffer, but when I try to read an
article I am getting errors (for some articles) like

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
No such article 29024 in a-new: Mailbox doesn't exist: .zz_mairix-mairix-hits-1
No such article (may have expired or been canceled)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Thanks a lot,

Dan


Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

> I'm using nnimap on local Maildirs served by dovecot. I moved my
> Maildirs to a new laptop using rsync and copied over the ~/.newsrc*, and
> gnus and dovecot config files. Everything seems to work OK, except for
> one group called "org". When I attempt to view an article in that group
> I get e.g.
>
> No such article 22554 in org: Mailbox doesn't exist: .zz_mairix-mairix-hits-1
> No such article (may have expired or been canceled)
>
> (".zz_mairix-mairix-hits-1" is a name I once used for a group to hold
> mairix hits; it is not something I use now.)
>
> I tried renaming my ~/.newsrc* and starting gnus from fresh and
> re-subscribing to the problematic group. Then I get e.g.
>
> No such article 22554 in org: nil
> No such article (may have expired or been canceled)
>
>
> I've also tried temporarily getting rid of org/.nnmaildir and
> org/dovecot*, to no avail.
>
> I would like to keep the history of messages stored in this group. Can
> anyone suggest how I can resurrect it?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Dan
> Gnus v5.13
> Ubuntu 9.04