From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=FAKE_REPLY_C, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16373 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2023 18:11:23 -0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (209.51.188.17) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Jan 2023 18:11:23 -0000 Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pEa8F-0007ue-LL; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:10:55 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pEa8E-0007uI-1F for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:10:54 -0500 Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pEa8C-0001pT-I5 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:10:53 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pEa89-00049j-CS for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 19:10:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Keeping IMAP connection alive when using it in mail-sources Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:10:37 -0800 Message-ID: <87cz7oj3s2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uEcA1gcUA5iWs8IuSpNji90oNis= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -1 X-Spam_score: -0.2 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FAKE_REPLY_C=1.486, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Adam Sjøgren writes: > Hi, > > > I was wondering if there is a way to use IMAP in mail-sources ("as > POP"), but without closing the connection after every > gnus-group-get-new-news? Not with the code as it's written! There's a very definite (imap-close buf) at the end of the mail source fetching, then the buffer is deleted. I guess it wouldn't be a bad idea to add a keepalive option to imap.el, but someone would have to do that!