[REPOST] Scanning of nnimap groups during gnus-group-get-new-news?

[REPOST] Scanning of nnimap groups during gnus-group-get-new-news?

[Lloyd Zusman]

[ I'm not sure if my original message made it, so I'm reposting. 
  Please excuse this post if it happens to be a duplicate for you. ]

Forgive me if this is a FAQ, but due to the high volume in this list, 
I only keep the last month or so worth of messages, and I didn't see 
anything about this question. 
 
Is there a setting that I can use to force my `nnimap' groups to be 
scanned for new mail every time I type the `g' command 
(`gnus-group-get-new-news') while in the Group buffer? 
 
No such scanning happens with my seemingly-standard `nnimap' setup 
... I have to go into the group itself and type `g' 
(`gnus-summary-rescan-group') within the Summary buffer in order for 
this rescanning to take place. 
 
Am I missing something obvious? 
 
Thanks in advance. 

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com

Re: [REPOST] Scanning of nnimap groups during gnus-group-get-new-news?

[Simon Josefsson]

Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

> Is there a setting that I can use to force my `nnimap' groups to be 
> scanned for new mail every time I type the `g' command 
> (`gnus-group-get-new-news') while in the Group buffer? 
>  
> No such scanning happens with my seemingly-standard `nnimap' setup 
> ... I have to go into the group itself and type `g' 
> (`gnus-summary-rescan-group') within the Summary buffer in order for 
> this rescanning to take place. 
>  
> Am I missing something obvious? 

It probably isn't obvious, but something is missing -- the behaviour
you describe should be the default.

What happens when you press `g'?  Any nnimap related messages in your
*Messages* buffer?  If you evaluate (setq imap-log "*imap-log*") and
press `g', does the *imap-log* buffer look normal (mail the content to
me if you're uncertain)?  If you enter your nnimap server from the
Server buffer, do you get a complete list of mailboxes?  Do the number
of articles number there look sane?