From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/86544 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: wrong unread count after INBOX change Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:52:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <878u44fkpk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451987592 31736 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2016 09:53:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 09:53:12 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M34771@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Jan 05 10:53:00 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aGOIS-0000yF-EV for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:52:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1aGOHq-0000to-96; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 03:52:18 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1aGOHo-0000tS-BW for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 03:52:16 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1aGOHm-0001I3-Ll for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 03:52:16 -0600 Original-Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1aGOHl-0008Rd-5w for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:52:13 +0100 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.20,524,1444687200"; d="asc'?scan'208";a="195643228" Original-Received: from charm-ecran.irisa.fr ([131.254.101.83]) by mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-GCM-SHA256; 05 Jan 2016 10:52:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <878u44fkpk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Tue, 05 Jan 2016 17:18:31 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) X-Spam-Score: -7.1 (-------) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:86544 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016-01-05 17:18, Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Alan Schmitt writes: > >> Hello, >> >> As I modified my dovecot configuration, I had to change where the INBOX >> is stored. It should have been transparent to gnus (I access my mail >> locally through dovecot) but for some reason it confused it and gnus now >> believe I have 3900 unread message in this INBOX, although there is >> none. I tried doing 'g' and 'M-g' on it but it does not change anything. >> If I hit 'ret' I get an error "Can't select group", and if I it 'C-u >> ret' I see the expected 27 read messages. >> >> How can I convince gnus to reset its unread count for this mailbox? > > The sure-fire rip-cord solution for this sort of situation is to edit > the group parameters for that group, completely delete the (active . > XXXX) sexp, finish the edits, then M-g on the group again. > > Works most every time, for me! > > Of course, I can't currently confirm this, because editing a group in > the Group buffer currently gives me: > > gnus-group-edit-group: Symbol=E2=80=99s function definition is void: > gnus-format-message I'm seeing the same thing, but I can still edit using 'G c' (edit through customize interface). Unfortunately it does not change anything: as soon as I 'M-g' on it I get back the same active sexp. I also tried removing the "modseq" sexp, to no avail. Thanks, Alan =2D-=20 OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7 Athmospheric CO=E2=82=82 (Updated December 28, 2015, Mauna Loa Obs.): 402.6= 0 ppm --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJWi5JFAAoJEAQNCjtO0uXHm00H+gIKPCAPA8VhdrUoQq0gA+rW EErcNb1JDhbQVGod8Gv/fnfdniQ8eeWpOmdj50t+oE1QhRWF9xDMKuvgP0/z+Tpv Ncb+ZOcT4K9Ok/Weks3Zvytw6xKcgHo6hSRaOQfxJjfUUPAkEvLqyO/zvP9pT4uX wwg+5vAW5aksdfc9quJrUAKAod0gLSyjbxuFxmBWEKH2wnHhO+crPmJPEKvT9v4u 5/+FiBIPTRUGzCH5TpIuV4LM07mQAU/wq1ZwmMKk3F7XeS+2Dcr7AvOzrGEnCzSJ 6NKsP2DsNKZjPjXpMPSz2j2pGC6MDiJKbaKW3CTN1GDhd9gJKQyzd3gt/uMyXZ4= =RrUu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--