From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69037 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Davison Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: "No such article" error Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:13:25 -0400 Message-ID: <87hbutb0wa.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> References: <87ws3pji1t.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253754830 4501 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2009 01:13:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:13:50 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17454@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Sep 24 03:13:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mqcty-0005x0-RZ for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:13:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqctq-0003rT-2Y; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:13:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqcto-0003rB-9C for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:13:32 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqctn-00051l-36 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:13:32 -0500 Original-Received: from markov.stats.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.210.1]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1MqcuP-0008WG-00 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:14:09 +0200 Original-Received: from blackcap.stats.ox.ac.uk (blackcap.stats [163.1.210.5]) by markov.stats.ox.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n8O1DUsY012607 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:13:30 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: by blackcap.stats.ox.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 5158) id 008B03201C; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:13:29 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <87ws3pji1t.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> (Dan Davison's message of "Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:35:42 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69037 Archived-At: 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 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