From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17893 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gnus INBOX housekeeping, kept (copies of) mail lying around Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:17:16 +0800 Message-ID: <874mesz35v.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87r3hw70ee.fsf@hillenius.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451992677 15287 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2016 11:17:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:17:57 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 05 12:17:48 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aGPcS-0007IJ-VA for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 12:17:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49009 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGPcS-0002UV-8k for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 06:17:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41954) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGPcQ-0002UD-0w for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 06:17:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGPcM-0007F2-PZ for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 06:17:37 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40975) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGPcM-0007EE-Im for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 06:17:34 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aGPcD-00075W-2o for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 12:17:25 +0100 Original-Received: from 111.197.159.241 ([111.197.159.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 12:17:25 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 111.197.159.241 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 12:17:25 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 111.197.159.241 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WkxsPMDkkPuc4/jZh2l2mpOqgiU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:17893 Archived-At: Gijs Hillenius writes: > Doing some Gnus imap folders housekeeping this morning, I found that > 8000 messages (called 131940. 131941. etcetera) /hiding/ in the imap's > INBOX. It looks like these are all emails that I've 'deleted' in Gnus, > so they don't show. But for some reason they're not actually deleted. > > Is this a setting I messed up? I recall there used to be such a feature, > but I don't remember what that was called. I've been searching the > manual for this, so far without the result I hoped to find. > > I would appreciate a few hints. That doesn't sound normal no matter what, but perhaps you can check your expunge settings? Either way, my guess is the solution to your problem will have the word "expunge" in it :)