Re: How to debug a new IMAP server type?

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

> Then there is also the buffer " *nnimap localhost 1143  *nntpd**-398832"
> with the following content:

[...]

> (in fact there seems to be a new such buffer, with an "-somenumber"
> extension, created every time I enter the INBOX, or when I try to
> display the single article.

That's kinda odd, but it might be because the IMAP server i closing the
connection all the time.

> And they are never cleaned up as far as I can tell.

The should be killed when you exit Gnus.

>> Stepping trough `nnimap-transform-headers' might also help.
>
> It stepped through the while loop in the function once (which by now
> isn't too surprising, there seems to be only one article seen by this
> point in time).
>
> It does what it's supposed to do with the single article it has to work
> with, and what's left at the end, is this:

Could you post the output from the buffer before
`nnimap-transform-headers' is called?

> Is it the "* BYE" and the closing connection message that is confusing
> the stuff that is trying to display the summary?

Yes, that would be my guess.  `nnimap-transform-headers' should clean up
that stuff before delivering the data to Gnus.

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