Re: nnimap: gnus-gcc-mark-as-read not working

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Wolfram Fenske <Wolfram.Fenske@Student.Uni-Magdeburg.DE> writes:

> Wolfram Fenske <Wolfram.Fenske@Student.Uni-Magdeburg.DE> writes:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have sent mail Gcc-ed to a folder on my IMAP-server.  This mostly
>> works, but the copy in the sent-mail folder is never marked as read.
>> In my .gnus.el I have:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (setq gnus-message-archive-group  "nnimap+uni:INBOX.sent-mail"
>>       gnus-gcc-mark-as-read       t)
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> If I use nnfolder [...], archiving works as it should.
>
> I've tracked it down.  The error occurs here:
>
> (defun gnus-group-make-articles-read (group articles)
>   "Update the info of GROUP to say that ARTICLES are read."
>   (let* ((num 0)
> 	 (entry (gnus-gethash group gnus-newsrc-hashtb))
>     ... ; some more initializing
>     (when entry
>       ... ; do all the work
>
> For my IMAP sent-mail group, "entry" is always "nil" because "group"
> is "nnimap+uni:INBOX.sent-mail" but my ~/.newsrc.eld contains only
> entries like "INBOX.sent-mail", i. e. the prefix "nnimap+uni:" is
> missing.

Doesn't it work to simply drop the 'nnimap+uni:' part above?

> Now the question is: why don't I have the prefixes in ~/.newsrc.eld?
> Is this because nnimap is my primary gnus-select-method?  A while back
> I had nnimap as my secondary select method and I think I didn't have
> this problem then.
>
> Also: is there a bug in "gnus-group-make-articles-read" or is it my
> config?  I tought
>
> (setq gnus-message-archive-method '(nnimap "my.imap.server.de")
>       gnus-message-archive-group  "INBOX.sent-mail")
>
> might do the trick, but this didn't fix it, either.
>
> If there really is a bug, and someone can tell me what's going on with
> those prefixes, I'd be happy to write a patch.  Until then, I'm using
> this workaround:

I've found that the easiest is to use a nnnil method as the primary
method, and then have all methods being equal.


> *** gnus-sum.el.orig	Fri Apr 14 08:01:20 2006
> --- gnus-sum.el	Fri Apr 14 10:04:05 2006
> ***************
> *** 5744,5749 ****
> --- 5744,5754 ----
>     "Update the info of GROUP to say that ARTICLES are read."
>     (let* ((num 0)
>   	 (entry (gnus-gethash group gnus-newsrc-hashtb))
> + 	 (entry (or entry
> + 		    ;; strip the backend prefix and try again
> + 		    (when (string-match "\\([^+]+\\+[^:]+:\\)?\\(.+\\)" group)
> + 		      (setq group (match-string 2 group))
> + 		      (gnus-gethash group gnus-newsrc-hashtb))))
>   	 (info (nth 2 entry))
>   	 (active (gnus-active group))
>   	 range)
>
>
> Regards
> Wolfram
>
> -- 
> A: Yes.
>>Q: Are you sure?
>>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?