From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: N versus . for unseen messages
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:20:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vaf66b8389o.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wv3o9703.fsf@smarttrust.com> (Nuutti Kotivuori's message of "Tue, 28 Aug 2001 06:51:40 +0300")
Nuutti Kotivuori <nuutti.kotivuori@smarttrust.com> writes:
> Kai Großjohann wrote:
> > Some of my unseen messages are marked `N', some are marked `.'.
>> It's clear to me that `N' is used only in nnimap groups, but then
>> why do I sometimes see `.' in nnimap groups?
>
> 'N' comes from the IMAP server's recent status, '.' comes from Gnus's
> idea of what's new and what's not. Apparently these two are running at
> the same time - and accesses outside Gnus atleast do change the state
> of both.
I never access my mail from outside Gnus. At least, not knowingly.
kai
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-27 20:42 Kai Großjohann
2001-08-28 3:51 ` Nuutti Kotivuori
2001-08-28 8:20 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2001-08-28 9:05 ` Nuutti Kotivuori
2001-08-28 10:01 ` Kai Großjohann
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