Re: Gnus sometimes reports new messages but not showing them on IMAP server

[Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> This is a long-standing bug, probably the most annoying thing about
> nnimap. I've made a few attempts at it over the years, but so far
> haven't been successful. I believe what it comes down to is that "M-g"
> dumps Gnus' "active" number and re-reads it from the IMAP server, while
> regular "g" incrementally modifies the active number based on newest
> changes. So if anything goes wrong with Gnus' active number, errors will
> accumulate from that point until the user does "M-g".

Thanks for your response.  I agree, this is indeed annoying -- hitting
on 'M-g' on every IMAP-Group or inside a Group isn't much fun.

> I've focused on figuring out why the active number goes wrong, but in
> the interest of pragmatism it might be better just to make sure that
> nnimap always does the equivalent of "M-g" at Gnus startup.

That might be a good compromise.

Best, Arash