From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/50418 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: unreachable IMAP server (was: nnimap/Gcc - process imap not running) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:38:36 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046364255 8132 80.91.224.249 (27 Feb 2003 16:44:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:44:15 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18oR7h-00020Q-00 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:43:05 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 18oR5V-0005Fn-00; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:40:49 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:41:48 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA16307 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:41:35 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18oR3k-0001f4-00 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:39:00 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@hpc.uh.edu Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18oR3d-0001eS-00 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:38:53 +0100 Original-Lines: 49 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090014 (Oort Gnus v0.14) Emacs/21.3.50 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qIp6TzOf3Wuj40Ukzh94O0YJMjw= Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:50418 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:50418 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 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