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I store my outgoing messages in an imap folder. The problem
is that not all messages will be stored there. When sending
a message, gnus tries to open the imap server (only for the
copy, I send messages using SMTP) and sometimes* fails. My
*message* buffer says:

Sending...
Sending via mail...
Opening nnimap server on nil...
imap: Connecting to ...failed
Opening nnimap server on nil...failed

My server buffer tells me I have three nnimap servers:

     {nnfolder:archive} (opened)
     {nnimap:nil} (denied)
     {nnimap:} (denied)
     {nndraft:} (opened)
     {nndoc:gnus-help} (opened)
     {nnimap:imap.axis.com} (opened)

where I of course would prefer to use the last one to save
outgoing copies.

My mail-user-agent is gnus-user-agent if that matters.

There is something weird going on here, but I can't figure
out how to get to the bottom of the problem. Any ideas?

Niklas

*I tried to find a situation that always fails, but have not
yet succeeded (I'm guessing that parameters could be time of
inactivity, sending as a reply or a newly composed message,
etc...).