From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/58481 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Greiner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: problems with nnimap Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:42:14 -0500 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095307436 2781 80.91.229.6 (16 Sep 2004 04:03:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:03:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M7017@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Sep 16 06:03:47 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7nUn-0003fo-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:03:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1C7nAD-0007E8-00; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:42:29 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1C7nA4-0007E0-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:42:20 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C7nA1-0007l2-7q for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:42:17 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 847C13A0027 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:42:15 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7n9y-0005CA-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 05:42:14 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-69-33-218-34.chi.megapath.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1095306134 18980 69.33.218.34 (16 Sep 2004 03:42:14 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 03:42:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YdSOS5Fl0ByzwSEyEHa31fCJ5n4= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58481 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58481 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 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.)