From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/50438 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: unreachable IMAP server Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:31:07 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <84isv5766n.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046395997 24174 80.91.224.249 (28 Feb 2003 01:33:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:33:17 +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 18oZOk-0006Hg-00 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 02:33:14 +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 18oZO8-0000jG-00; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:32:37 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:33:37 -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 TAA17563 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:33:25 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18oZNZ-0006Cg-00 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 02:32:01 +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 18oZN0-0006Aq-00 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 02:31:26 +0100 Original-Lines: 26 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:/sEsq1OWeHNdbcn+9noRRgeH9L4= Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:50438 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:50438 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: > David Abrahams 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