Re: problems with nnimap

[Kevin Greiner <kevin.greiner@vignette.com>]

It is certainly not the desired outcome.  However, nnimap and the
agent are functioning as intended.  The fix will require changes to
nnimap, the internals, the agent, and the cache.

Kevin


David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> writes:

> * kevin.greiner@vignette.com [2004-09-14 03:54:23]
>> > - gnus and the imapd doesnt have the same view of which messages are
>> >   in my inbox. How can I sync them again? Preferrably without loosing
>> >   my marks and so on if possible.
>> 
>> As a test, open the server buffer then turn off the agent for your
>> nnimap server.  Then open the summary buffer to see if all is well.
>> If that clears up the problem, then the agent's local cache is out
>> of sync with your nnimap server.  As a fix, locate and delete the
>> agent's .overview file for this mail box.
>
> I use two different machines with different home directories but the
> same gnus configuration (i.e. same IMAP servers, etc.).  With the
> agent enabled it seems impossible to have either of the machines note
> any changes to an IMAP folder made by the other machine.  In effect I
> have to delete the agent .overview files each time I sit down at a
> machine.
>
> Is this the way it is supposed to be?
>
> (As an aside, using the cache rather than the agent displays the same
> problems.  At the moment I'm running without either.)