Re: Unable to select group (nnimap) but gnus can split from it

[Aric Gregson <aorchid@mac.com>]

Eric Fraga <e.fraga <at> ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> I don't know if this is related but I often have to request the group
> twice in order to enter it, having previously visited it.  MS systems do
> not seem to play well at all with others (what surprise...).

This is interesting. It will not open the offending group no matter how
many times I tell it to open, but when I did a 'Catch-up' I was able to 
open the group! Of course, then all is marked read, but at least I can 
see the mail. So odd, because Gnus is still filtering the messages out 
of the inbox, it just does not want to let me back in without some work
on my part!

> Even more annoying is that within a group, when going from message to
> message, all of a sudden gnus will complain about a message being
> unavailable (cannot remember exact error).  If I go to another message
> in the group, gnus re-opens the connection.  I can then go back to the
> first message and it works.

Yes. I have had this happen to me as well. 

> It would seem that gnus thinks the connection to the MS IMAP system is
> still open even though it has been closed.  Once an error occurs, gnus
> is happy to re-open the connection?

Maybe. Be nice to find a work-around if this is the problem. Mind you, I 
don't have as many issues with say claws-mail and this server. 

> Just grasping at straws here, mind you.  The real problem is Microsoft,
> in my opinion.

Agreed.

Thanks for your suggestions. 

aric