Re: Three problems with multiple IMAP accounts

[Mark Plaksin <happy@usg.edu>]

Juergen Kreileder <jk@blackdown.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have a few problems with multiple IMAP accounts:
>
> Problem 1: Excessive reconnecting 
> ========== 
>
> If I do 'g' with just one IMAP account I see:
>
> ,----
> | Reading active file from Local via nnimap...
> | nnimap: Checking mailboxes...done
> `----
>
> With two IMAP accounts this changes to:
>
> ,----
> | Reading active file from Remote via nnimap...
> | Opening nnimap server on Remote...
> | Opening nnimap server on Remote...done
> | nnimap: Checking mailboxes...done
> | Reading active file from Local via nnimap...
> | Opening nnimap server on Local...
> | Opening nnimap server on Local...done
> | nnimap: Checking mailboxes...done
> `----

I had the very same problem until I added all of my IMAP servers as
secondary-select-methods.  I also had to G E each nnimap group in the Group
buffer and make sure the short name of the server was specified.

For example, I added this to gnus-secondary-select-methods:
  (nnimap "SERVER"
        (nnimap-address "SERVER.com")
        (nnimap-server-port 993)
        (nnimap-stream ssl)
        (nnimap-list-pattern
         ("INBOX" "Mail/*")))

And then did G E on all my nnimap groups so they looked like this:
  ("nnimap+SERVER:Mail/happy" 1
   ((1 . 119))
   "SERVER" ;; changed this from "nnimap+SERVER:Mail/happy" to "SERVER"
   ((timestamp 16916 1783)
    (uidvalidity . "1107056107")))

After making this change Gnus was *much* faster.
    
Initially I used the Server buffer to add all of my IMAP groups; it never
occurred to me to make them secondary-select-methods.  Seems like adding
via the Server buffer should do some magic for you :)