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>>>>> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc):

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:

>> If I wasn't about to migrate to nnimap, I think I'd consider going
>> to nnmaildir.

> Well, some of the things nnmaildir does could be added to other
> backends without too much trouble, I think.  Especially since nnimap
> already stores marks, it could renumber articles for each
> server-open;

Does that mean nnimap would work with the qmail/courier combination?

I have a friend who had to trade Gnus for Mutt, because courier kept
renumbering the articles on the server.

I have had this happen to myself occasionally on Exchange servers.
The only way out of it, is to store away the group parameters
somewhere safe, delete the group in question, stop and start Gnus, and
re-subscribe to the group (the marks in the group are preserved), and
add your group parameters.

This works, but gets tedious if it happens all the time.