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Nevin Kapur <nevin@jhu.edu> writes:

> I've noticed that since sometime last week, nnimap seems to log in to
> my IMAP servers a lot more often than it used to -- each time I hit g,
> or even when entering a group.  This means reauthenticating using
> starttls and that makes it noticeably slower than before without any
> ostensible gain in functionality.
>
> The ChangeLog shows
>
> 2002-10-10  Simon Josefsson  <jas@extundo.com>
>
> 	* nnimap.el (nnimap-open-server): Re-open server if it isn't in
> 	auth, selected or examine state.
>
> May I inquire about the reason for this change?

The reason was that nnimap left servers opened but not authenticated,
which caused Gnus to send various non-login commands to the server.  I
might have fixed a flaw in the logic of the patch now though, does it
work better now?  Nnimap should of course not re-open servers if it
isn't required.