IO error when running gnus-summary-move-article ('B m')

IO error when running gnus-summary-move-article ('B m')

[cranreuch]

I'm running Gnus (gnus-version says 'No Gnus v0.6') across an ssh
tunnel, to an imap server. I'm using nnimap.
In the summary buffer, I can use 'B m' to move articles from my main
mailbox "INBOX", to a sub-mailbox, "INBOX.2007 ". However, when I try
to move in the other direction I get the following error:

IO error reading /home/cranreuch/News/agent/nnimap/localhost/INBOX/
2007: Is a directory

Googling around "IO error reading", "gnus-summary-move-article", and
"gnus" finds nothing meaningful (to me).
Can anyone help?

thanks.

Re: IO error when running gnus-summary-move-article ('B m')

[cranreuch]

> when I try to move [from INBOX.2007 to INBOX] I get the following error:
>
> IO error reading /home/cranreuch/News/agent/nnimap/localhost/INBOX/
> 2007: Is a directory

But in fact I've just noticed that despite the error, the move partly
succeeds. I say partly because what I actually get is a copy, not a
move. A copy of the article from INBOX.2007 appears in INBOX, but the
original stays where it is.

c.

Re: IO error when running gnus-summary-move-article ('B m')

[cranreuch]

Just to be clear - this problem is not at all solved. I cannot move
nnimap mail from a subfolder to a containing folder without an "IO
error reading ..." error.

Any thoughts appreciated.
thx
c


On Apr 16, 3:49 pm, "cranreuch" <cranre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > when I try to move [from INBOX.2007 to INBOX] I get the following error:
>
> > IO error reading /home/cranreuch/News/agent/nnimap/localhost/INBOX/
> > 2007: Is a directory
>
> But in fact I've just noticed that despite the error, the move partly
> succeeds. I say partly because what I actually get is a copy, not a
> move. A copy of the article from INBOX.2007 appears in INBOX, but the
> original stays where it is.
>
> c.