* Gnus seems to not notice some emails
@ 2008-01-29 18:49 Ross A. Laird
2008-01-30 19:30 ` Ross A. Laird
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ross A. Laird @ 2008-01-29 18:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
I've been using gnus for a while, and it's a very appealing system. But
I have one problem: sometimes gnus does not notice new emails in my imap
inbox. These emails show up in mutt and Thunderbird, but not in gnus. I
use M-g, and still nothing. I also try g and the fetch options from the
agent menu. Nothing seems to work. I think the problem is that I do not
only use gnus. Gnus seems to track emails properly if it's the only
thing I use to read mail, but if I open up anything else -- not even to
read mail, but just to see if there's new mail -- gnus then fails to
notice anything new (since the last time I used another app). It's odd.
I'm not marking messages as read in the other apps, I'm just looking at
the list of new mails. If I do that, gnus gets confused.
I am a novice user, and I have no idea (really) which settings might
influence this, so I have appended (sorry) my entire .gnus file below
(much of this file has been copied and pasted from other sources). Any
suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Ross
.gnus:
;; General Speedups
(setq gnus-read-active-file nil)
(setq gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil)
(setq gnus-nov-is-evil nil)
(setq gnus-save-newsrc-file t)
;; Use a second connection to grab the next article when I read one, so
;; I don't have to wait for it be downloaded.
(setq gnus-asynchronous t)
(defun gnus-demon-scan-mail-or-news-and-update ()
"Scan for new mail/news and update the *Group* buffer"
(when (gnus-alive-p)
(save-window-excursion
(save-excursion
(set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
(gnus-group-get-new-news)))))
(defun gnus-demon-scan-and-update ()
(gnus-demon-scan-mail-or-news-and-update))
;; Sort threads by the date of the root node.
(setq gnus-thread-sort-functions `(gnus-thread-sort-by-date))
(load-library "message")
(setq mail-sources
'(imap
:server "mail.server.info"
:user "user"
:password "password"))
(setq gnus-select-method
'(nnimap "mail-imap"
(nnimap-address "mail.rosslaird.info")))
(setq nnimap-list-pattern "INBOX")
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
'(
(nnimap "mail-imap"
(nnimap-address "mail.server.info")
(nnimap-server-port 993)
(nnimap-stream ssl)
(nnimap-authenticator login)
(nnimap-nov-is-evil t)
(nnir-search-engine imap)
(remove-prefix "INBOX.")
(nnimap-authinfo-file
"/home/user/.authinfo"
))))
(setq gnus-group-sort-by-server)
(setq gnus-thread-hide-subtree)
(setq nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news)
(setq smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.server.info")
(setq user-mail-address "user@server.info")
(setq message-send-mail-real-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
;(setq mm-text-html-renderer 'w3m-standalone)
(setq mm-discouraged-alternatives '("text/html" "text/richtext"))
;(setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+rosslaird:INBOX.Sent")
(setq gnus-outgoing-message-group "nnimap+rosslaird:INBOX.Sent")
(setq nnimap-need-unselect-to-notice-new-mail t)
(setq message-kill-buffer-on-exit t)
(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
;(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news)
(setq gnus-summary-line-format "%U%R%z %d %I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n")
(setq gnus-directory "~/gnus")
(setq message-directory "~/gnus/mail")
(setq nnml-directory "~/gnus/nnml-mail")
(setq gnus-article-save-directory "~/gnus/saved")
(setq gnus-kill-files-directory "~/gnus/scores")
(setq gnus-cache-directory "~/gnus/cache")
(add-hook 'gnus-startup-hook 'bbdb-insinuate-gnus)
(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-gnus-dired-mode)
(require 'gnus-demon)
;(setq gnus-use-demon t)
;(gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-group-get-new-news 10 2)
(gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-demon-scan-and-update 10 2)
(setq gnus-use-demon t)
(gnus-demon-init)
; browsing
(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox
browse-url-new-window-flag t
browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab t)
--
Ross A. Laird, PhD
www.rosslaird.info
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* Re: Gnus seems to not notice some emails
2008-01-29 18:49 Gnus seems to not notice some emails Ross A. Laird
@ 2008-01-30 19:30 ` Ross A. Laird
2008-01-30 20:32 ` Reiner Steib
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ross A. Laird @ 2008-01-30 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
I thought I'd reply to my own post since no one seems to be able to help
with my particular problem. I have, in fact, narrowed it down a bit:
it's the agent. Somehow this problem is related to two circumstances:
IF I do not use gnus for some period of time (perhaps longer than the
expiry time, but I have no idea);
AND I return to using gnus later (say, a month later);
THEN gnus exhibits the failure-to-notice problem.
I discovered that it was not only new messages that gnus was failing to
notice; it was also all messages (read and unread) that had moved
through the mail account since the last time I had used gnus. So,
somehow gnus is deciding to ignore everything after a certain date and
ignore everything new as well -- but only when I stop using it (and
this has typically been because I encountered a similar problem, or
because some fancy new version of mutt or Thunderbird arrived, and I
wanted to experiment).
I deleted all data that seemed relevant in the agent folder and now gnus works
perfectly. But it's odd, this problem.
Ross
--
Ross A. Laird, PhD
www.rosslaird.info
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