Re: nnimap-request-list operates differently right after startup

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

Also ... I forgot to mention that this problem occurs when I invoke
gnus-group-get-new-news.


Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

> I've been seeing a problem in recent Oort versions (maybe over the past
> 4-6 weeks), where nnimap-request-list sees newly arrived messages if
> it's invoked immediately after startup, but where it then refuses to see
> any more new messages if it's re-invoked subsequent times.  This begins
> to occur after the messages which were originally present at startup
> have been read, and then nnimap-request-list is re-invoked after new
> messages have arrived in my INBOX; i.e., these new messages are not
> seen.
>
> Below are two nnimap-debug logs which illustrate the problem.  Notice
> that in the log that's generated right when Gnus is starting up, the
> result of the nnimap-find-minmax-uid call is the appropriate minmax
> list.  However, note that in the second invocation, after that first
> message had been read, the result of nnimap-find-minmax-uid is now nil,
> even though there are indeed new messages in my INBOX at the time of the
> second invocation.
>
> If I then exit XEmacs and Gnus, and then restart, I will then see the
> INBOX messages that were previously missed (i.e., the
> nnimap-find-minmax-uid call will then return the proper minmax
> information).
>
> I'm running XEmacs 21.4.6 under RedHat Linux 7.2, and my INBOX is on a
> remote host that's running a very recent version of Courier.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> nnimap-debug log right when Gnus is starting up
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-server-opened: server="myimap"
>  1 <- nnimap-server-opened: nil
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-open-server: server="myimap" defs=((nnimap-address "imap.myserver.com") (imap-log t) (nnimap-nov-is-evil t))
>  | 2 -> nnimap-server-opened: server="myimap"
>  | 2 <- nnimap-server-opened: nil
>  | 2 -> nnimap-open-connection: server="myimap"
>  | | 3 -> nnimap-possibly-change-server: server="myimap"
>  | | 3 <- nnimap-possibly-change-server: " *nnimap* myimap"
>  | 2 <- nnimap-open-connection: (("myimap" " *nnimap* myimap"))
>  1 <- nnimap-open-server: (("myimap" " *nnimap* myimap"))
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-request-scan: group=nil server="myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-split-articles: group=nil server="myimap"
>  | | 3 -> nnimap-possibly-change-server: server="myimap"
>  | | 3 <- nnimap-possibly-change-server: " *nnimap* myimap"
>  | | 3 -> nnimap-split-find-inbox: server="myimap"
>  | | 3 <- nnimap-split-find-inbox: nil
>  | 2 <- nnimap-split-articles: t
>  1 <- nnimap-request-scan: t
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-request-list: server="myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-possibly-change-server: server="myimap"
>  | 2 <- nnimap-possibly-change-server: " *nnimap* myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-before-find-minmax-bugworkaround: 
>  | 2 <- nnimap-before-find-minmax-bugworkaround: nil
>  | 2 -> nnimap-pattern-to-list-arguments: pattern=("INBOX")
>  | 2 <- nnimap-pattern-to-list-arguments: ((nil . "INBOX"))
>  | 2 -> nnimap-find-minmax-uid: group="INBOX" examine=examine
>  | 2 <- nnimap-find-minmax-uid: (1 314860 314860)
>  1 <- nnimap-request-list: t
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-server-opened: server="myimap"
>  1 <- nnimap-server-opened: (open run)
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-request-newgroups: date="Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:54:51 -0500" server="myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-possibly-change-server: server="myimap"
>  | 2 <- nnimap-possibly-change-server: " *nnimap* myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-before-find-minmax-bugworkaround: 
>  | 2 <- nnimap-before-find-minmax-bugworkaround: nil
>  | 2 -> nnimap-pattern-to-list-arguments: pattern=("INBOX")
>  | 2 <- nnimap-pattern-to-list-arguments: ((nil . "INBOX"))
>  1 <- nnimap-request-newgroups: t
>
>
> nnimap-log after all original messages were read and new ones have arrived
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-server-opened: server="myimap"
>  1 <- nnimap-server-opened: (open run)
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-request-scan: group=nil server="myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-split-articles: group=nil server="myimap"
>  | | 3 -> nnimap-possibly-change-server: server="myimap"
>  | | 3 <- nnimap-possibly-change-server: " *nnimap* myimap"
>  | | 3 -> nnimap-split-find-inbox: server="myimap"
>  | | 3 <- nnimap-split-find-inbox: nil
>  | 2 <- nnimap-split-articles: t
>  1 <- nnimap-request-scan: t
>  ======================================================================
>  1 -> nnimap-request-list: server="myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-possibly-change-server: server="myimap"
>  | 2 <- nnimap-possibly-change-server: " *nnimap* myimap"
>  | 2 -> nnimap-before-find-minmax-bugworkaround: 
>  | 2 <- nnimap-before-find-minmax-bugworkaround: nil
>  | 2 -> nnimap-pattern-to-list-arguments: pattern=("INBOX")
>  | 2 <- nnimap-pattern-to-list-arguments: ((nil . "INBOX"))
>  | 2 -> nnimap-find-minmax-uid: group="INBOX" examine=examine
>  | 2 <- nnimap-find-minmax-uid: (0 nil nil)
>  1 <- nnimap-request-list: t
>
>
>
> -- 
>  Lloyd Zusman
>  ljz@asfast.com
>
>

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com