arg???!!! losing expiry marks (nnimap)

arg???!!! losing expiry marks (nnimap)

[Wes Hardaker]

So, I took the plunge and converted my mail server to dovecot thinking
it'd be better.  I did the complete plunge and went to maildir on the
backend as well.  So far so good...  Until gnus looses my gnus-expire
marks when something else accesses the directory?  This is really really
bad since I tend to keep old mail around for a month before it gets
"actually expired".

Help?

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"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

Re: arg???!!! losing expiry marks (nnimap)

[Wes Hardaker]

>>>>> "WH" == Wes Hardaker <wes@hardakers.net> writes:

WH> So, I took the plunge and converted my mail server to dovecot thinking
WH> it'd be better.  I did the complete plunge and went to maildir on the
WH> backend as well.  So far so good...  Until gnus looses my gnus-expire
WH> marks when something else accesses the directory?  This is really really
WH> bad since I tend to keep old mail around for a month before it gets
WH> "actually expired".

Well...  the flag still exists in the file in the X-Keyword header.  It
turns out that the Mail::Box perl class modifies the file name and
strips the 'a' off the end.  I don't know what flag the 'a' associates
with since I don't see it in maildir docs anywhere.

So...  How can I rebuild gnus' internal list of what's expired from
headers?  Because this:

 (display . [not expire])

Still shows expired messages.
-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett