unreachable IMAP server (was: nnimap/Gcc - process imap not running)

[David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>]

More problems with IMAP process seem to occur when GNUs asks if I want
to "go offline" because my server is unreachable.  If I say "no", I
get wedged in my IMAP group's summary buffer such that it seems
impossible to reconnect.  I also can't quit the group because
apparently it wants to update flags on the server. "Yes" seems to be
a safe answer, but why give people a choice if they're just going to
get wedged?

David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
>
> I have
>
>    (setq gnus-message-archive-group '("nnimap+www.stlport.com:INBOX"))
>
> so that I can follow threads I participate in with `^' and `A T' in
> the summary buffer (not that it's working all that well -- `^' often
> fails to find the previous message in the thread and sometimes `A T'
> even fails until I do `/ o' and mark the article unread)**. In any
> case, often when I send new mail it will go out via SMTP just fine,
> but then occasionally gnus beeps and reports 'process imap not
> running', usually after my computer has gone to sleep for a while, but
> not always.  I've encountered various other scenarios where this
> happens and it takes quitting GNUs or various similar measures for it
> to get its marbles back.  Is there any way to insert a "start imap
> and retry" sequence in the entry point to commands which need to use
> the process?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> **Now, maybe this isn't the best method; I should probably cc: myself
> instead... but it should work, right?
>
> -- 
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
> www.boost-consulting.com
>
>
>

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com