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Kai Großjohann wrote:
> Some of my unseen messages are marked `N', some are marked `.'.
> It's clear to me that `N' is used only in nnimap groups, but then
> why do I sometimes see `.' in nnimap groups?

'N' comes from the IMAP server's recent status, '.' comes from Gnus's
idea of what's new and what's not. Apparently these two are running at
the same time - and accesses outside Gnus atleast do change the state
of both.

The user should be able to select which one (or maybe both?) is to be
used - since for others the IMAP server status might never be recent
and for others it might be the most accurate recent indicator if they
use other mailreaders as well.

-- Naked