Re: Moving messages to unreadable nnimap group? (spam reporting)

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>>>>> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>:
>
>>> There doesn't seem to be any IMAP traffic related to the attempted
>>> move.
>
>> Weird.  Hm.  Does it help to press M-g on the U'd group first?
>
> From the *Help: lossage* buffer (this is XEmacs):
>
> No more newsgroups
> nnimap+somehost.somecompany.com:Public Folders/All Public Folders/Somecompany/Processes/Sysadm/Spam error: 501 usage: group newsgroup 
> 501 usage: group newsgroup 
>
> (What I see in the minibuffer is just "No more newsgroups")
>
>>> I entered the folder in question, attempted a move of the spam article
>>> with `B m'.  I then first tried responding with `y' to create the
>>> foler, and then attempted a new move and pressed `n'.  I then pressed
>>> `q' to leave the group.
>
>> What happened after you pressed 'y'?  Any errors?
>
> From the *Help: lossage* buffer:
>
> No such function: nntp-request-create-group
> No such group: nnimap+somehost.somecompany.com:Public Folders/All Public Folders/Somecompany/Processes/Sysadm/Spam.  Create it? (y or n) Yes

I think that, somehow, Gnus is trying to create the group on your news
server, which fails, and also explains why there isn't anything in
your *imap-log*.  Compare `G e' on the U'd group with `G e' on a
working nnimap group on that server.