Re: gnus and imap

[Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca>]

Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> writes:

> I'm wondering if Vitaly or David have made any progress on the imap
> unread count.  I'm using dovecot, and I regularly get wrong unread
> counts in my nnimap groups, even with
> gnus-fixup-nnimap-unread-after-getting-new-news in
> gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook.
>
> I think David's idea of adding an optional backend function which
> returns more detailed information is the way to go.  The core of Gnus
> can check for this function and use it if it exists, falling back to the
> old way if not.  This allows for a gradual transition without needing
> massive changes all at once.

I found another thread with promising code for the nnml backend, written
by David Hanak.  It seemed like only minor details needed to be worked
out:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/56714

The thread I was referring to above discussed code written by Vitaly
Mayatskikh and included comments by a different David, David Engster:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/67238

Both seem like they were within reach of a solution to this problem that
has plagued Gnus for a long time!  Maybe we can reach a consensus about
the best way to proceed, and finally get it done?

Dan

PS: There are also two solutions posted at

  http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusNiftyTricks