From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69248 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-group-expire-articles loops on nnimap group with total-expire Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:20:59 +0100 Organization: m Message-ID: <87iqcr3ppg.fsf@nemi.mork.no> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259666530 21653 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2009 11:22:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:22:10 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17653@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Dec 01 12:22:03 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 1NFQny-00037h-MB for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:22:03 +0100 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 1NFQnO-0008Vz-70; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:21:26 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NFQnN-0008Vl-0r for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:21:25 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NFQnL-0003Zh-Bg for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:21:24 -0600 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1NFQnK-0005gW-00 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:22 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NFQnJ-0002pW-IA for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:21 +0100 Original-Received: from 193.160.199.2 ([193.160.199.2]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:21 +0100 Original-Received: from bjorn by 193.160.199.2 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 41 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.160.199.2 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bldsHTgNXl8+3nQ2bq5GgjysxVE= X-Spam-Score: -0.9 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69248 Archived-At: Steinar Bang writes: > Platform: Intel Atom, > "Linpus Linux" (FC8 derivative), > GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.1) of 2007-10-24 on xenbuilder2.fedora.redhat.com > No Gnus v0.11 (CVS update today) > > When I do `C-c C-x' on top of an nnimap group with the following group > parameters: > > ((uidvalidity . "1221068358") > (total-expire . t) > (expiry-target . "nnimap+mailhost:inbox.arkiv")) > > the expiry seems to loop, attempting to expire the same articles again > and again. > > Here's what's to be found in the *Messages* buffer > ... > nnimap: Setting marks in inbox.arkiv...done > nnimap: Updating info for nnimap+mailhost:inbox.arkiv...done > nnimap: Setting marks in inbox.arkiv...done > nnimap: Updating info for nnimap+mailhost:inbox.arkiv...done > Regenerating in nnimap+mailhost:inbox.arkiv > ... > (multiple times) > > Does anyone know what could be causing this loop? This seemed to be > working the first time I tried it. Are you sure that it's the same article? nnimap with an expiry-target is extremely slow. It will copy one by one article instead of just letting the imap server move the whole bunch. I've been using this patch for a long time: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/64810 Bjørn