Re: Updated IMAP unread count correction

[Myles <mylesenglish@gmail.com>]

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> 
> 
> on Sun Jun 10 2012, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi-AT-gnus.org> wrote:
> 
> > Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:
> >
> >> Well, for me, they weren't.  It may simply be a matter of Ma Gnus'
> >> remembered state not corresponding to the state on the server; I don't
> >> know.  I do use other mail clients, too, FWIW.
> >
> > Are you able to reproduce what gets `unexist' tracking to become faulty?
> 
> I'm afraid I have no idea how to reproduce it, nor do I know how it
> happened in the first place.  And since I am using the referenced code,
> I never see an incorrect count anymore, so I wouldn't notice if it came
> back.  I could turn that code off, and we'd surely see the wrong counts
> again, but I don't know that it would help us find the cause.
> 

Just saying, to help in the diagnosis, that I had what I *think* was a similar
problem but couldn't find the cause, or the fix:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/gnu.emacs.gnus/6Sgs70YU0hM

and may be I was asking for help in the wrong place.  I had to jump ship in the
end (to mu4e) but I'll keep an eye on gnus for sure.

Myles