From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/58484 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: problems with nnimap Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:43:35 +0200 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095335073 1936 80.91.229.6 (16 Sep 2004 11:44:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:44:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M7022@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Sep 16 13:44:20 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7ugW-00048G-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:44:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1C7ugG-0008EE-00; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:44:04 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1C7ugB-0008E9-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:43:59 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C7ug8-0003Uj-P4 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:43:56 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35643A0064 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:43:54 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7ug5-0006s8-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:43:53 +0200 Original-Received: from c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se ([217.215.27.65]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:43:53 +0200 Original-Received: from jas by c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:43:53 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NhILqmAsas0VcyL/mhZybsAiX44= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58484 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58484 David Edmondson writes: > * kevin.greiner@vignette.com [2004-09-14 03:54:23] >> > - gnus and the imapd doesnt have the same view of which messages are >> > in my inbox. How can I sync them again? Preferrably without loosing >> > my marks and so on if possible. >> >> As a test, open the server buffer then turn off the agent for your >> nnimap server. Then open the summary buffer to see if all is well. >> If that clears up the problem, then the agent's local cache is out >> of sync with your nnimap server. As a fix, locate and delete the >> agent's .overview file for this mail box. > > I use two different machines with different home directories but the > same gnus configuration (i.e. same IMAP servers, etc.). With the > agent enabled it seems impossible to have either of the machines note > any changes to an IMAP folder made by the other machine. In effect I > have to delete the agent .overview files each time I sit down at a > machine. > > Is this the way it is supposed to be? Probably not. What files are shared between your machines? If you share some of Gnus' files, you might have to share all of them. Best is to not share anything, except possibly ~/.emacs and ~/.gnus. And this isn't just the documented problem with the *Group* buffer unread count being an estimate?