From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (mx1.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.32]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2479220CF9 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:35:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryc1o-00000002bcZ-15Ua for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:35:04 -0500 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryc1o-00000003g47-04sU for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:35:04 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryc1l-00000003g3y-1Fvc for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:35:01 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1ryc1h-00000002bbr-41Qn for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:35:01 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=2+IGRwMRPJCX/VYStm5s/jKOJJg+86BmVE9etqOBHho=; b=r1a+uHSnT9WWHOGU7MfzXqyDdy kB7FP9FAJlvoK6VxwIR1ZcfTM9BaZSTeDzOq3IM1aoi2yUoSjcwSr+b5T2ylXYli80OMdWvohfENL FurE07MsCCgjNCD33IKbZLgKGQqstLfs5aT3dbKsYURVf34TdCDzVzZz8JcU6JlIoqp8=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ryc1Z-0000BR-Ad for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:34:53 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ryc1X-0002Bl-Id for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:34:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org To: ding@gnus.org From: Arash Esbati Subject: Re: Gnus sometimes reports new messages but not showing them on IMAP server Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:16:35 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87h6g7mm8r.fsf@debian-hx90.lan> <878r1blqcg.fsf@uwo.ca> <87ttjx55ey.fsf@uwo.ca> <875xwalmf4.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VbExqgUz9Sy+hoU5Ur6xvcZGxxE= Mail-Copies-To: never List-ID: Precedence: bulk Eric Abrahamsen 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