Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:
>>>>>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>:
>> On Wed, 12 May 2004, sb@dod.no wrote:
>
>>> A command like the one I'm suggesting means that spam can be
>>> reported by moving it to a different folder on an IMAP server,
>>> without first transferring it to Gnus, and then pushing it back to
>>> the IMAP server.
>
>> Shouldn't the nnimap backend do this? 
>
> It should.  But it doesn't.
>
> According to this message from Simon
> 	http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54020
> 	nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54020
> it's because the Gnus backend interface doesn't have a move command.
>
>> If it doesn't do it already, it seems like an awfully nice feature
>> to move articles without retrieving them.
>
> Oh, I completely agree.

I've been using this patch since that discussion (thought I posted it
too, but maybe I forgot?):