From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
Subject: Re: unreachable IMAP server
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:31:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uel5tkx7o.fsf@boost-consulting.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84isv5766n.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>
kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
>
>> 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?
>
> Gnus doesn't know it'll become wedged...
Of course I realize that ;-). It was a rhetorical question.
> Usually, when the server is unreachable, and you know it's temporary
> (maybe your ethernet cable was unplugged), then saying no is the
> right answer: Gnus will retry next time.
Actually it doesn't. That's exactly my scenario.
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-28 1:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-22 22:25 nnimap/Gcc - process imap not running David Abrahams
2003-02-27 16:38 ` unreachable IMAP server (was: nnimap/Gcc - process imap not running) David Abrahams
2003-02-27 21:41 ` unreachable IMAP server Kai Großjohann
2003-02-28 1:31 ` David Abrahams [this message]
2003-02-28 12:58 ` Kai Großjohann
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