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>:
>
>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:
>
>>> The way to report spam to the bayesian filter on the Exchange server
>>> at work, is to move the messages to a folder that cannot be read by
>>> ordinary users.  The folder cannot be read, even from Outlook.  But
>>> messages can be moved there.
>
>>> In Gnus, I'm not allowed to create this group with `G m', since the
>>> IMAP folder for the group cannot be read.  Is there a way around
>>> this?
>
>> `U'?
>
> That let me create the group blindly.  But when I try to do a `B m'
> into this group, I get the following message:
>
> Please answer y or n.  No such group: nnimap+somehost.somecompany.com:Public Folders/All Public Folders/Somecompany/Processes/Sysadm/Spam.  Create it? (y or n) 
>
> What's blocking the move?  The IMAP interface to Exchange?  Gnus?  Is
> there a way to find out?

(setq imap-log t) and inspecting the *imap-log* buffer would help.  It
sounds as if the server says the group doesn't exist, so Gnus wants to
create it first.