FIXED: Reproducible agent-related server duplication.

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Jochen Küpper <jochen@jochen-kuepper.de> writes:

> On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:37:05 +0100 Gaute B Strokkenes wrote:
>
> Gaute> As you can see, there are precisely three duplicates of the nntp-serv
> Gaute> entry.
>
> Gaute> The duplication seems to be linked to the question reappearing three
> Gaute> times.  They're never there _before_ I say `J s', and always there
> Gaute> _after_ .
>
> I do have a similar problem which I always meant to look at a little
> closer:
>
> I have a IMAP secondary select method which is agentized:
> ,----
> | (nnimap "FHI"
> |               (nnimap-address "imap.rz-berlin.mpg.de")
> |               (nnimap-expunge-on-close always))
> `----
>
> Whenever I change something /on/ this server while unplugged (i.e.
> change marks) and then go plugged I am asked whether to synchronize
> flags. naturally I say yes, as that's what I want. The Gnus opens a
> *new* connection to the server and then I have to entries in the
> server buffer...
>
> I am suspicious that the agent uses a somewhat different select method
> (I do see a "openssl ..." flashing in the minibuffer when the agent
> connects.) but so far have not had time to carefully look at it.
>

Yes, both of these problems are related and have been annoying people
for some time.  I just checked in the patch to convert the agent from
using methods (which the agent is unable to keep synchronized with the
actual server methods) to server names.

Kevin