Re: patch for nnimap.el: make sure mailbox is unselected before deletion

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Thu, Jun 12 2008, David Engster wrote:

> nnmairix sometimes triggers an error in nnimap when it deletes and
> immediately re-creates a group on the server and checks it for
> mail. nnimap seems to think the mailbox is still selected, leading to a
> "No mailbox selected" error in the imap back end [1]. The following
> patch makes sure the mailbox is unselected before deletion, which
> circumvents this error:
>
> --- nnimap.el   2008-06-10 11:20:33.000000000 +0200
> +++ nnimap-patched.el   2008-06-10 11:13:25.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1609,6 +1609,8 @@
>
>  (deffoo nnimap-request-delete-group (group force &optional server)
>    (when (nnimap-possibly-change-server server)
> +    (when (string= group (imap-current-mailbox nnimap-server-buffer))
> +      (imap-mailbox-unselect nnimap-server-buffer))
>      (with-current-buffer nnimap-server-buffer
>        (if force
>           (or (null (imap-mailbox-status group 'uidvalidity))

Looks correct, so I committed it.  Thanks.

(Next time, please provide a ChangeLog entry.)

> By the way, I tried to post this several times in the last few days via
> Gmane, but it never showed up, so I use mail now. Am I the only one
> having this problem?

I saw this problem as well in the past.

Bye, Reiner.
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