From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17896 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 20:54:00 +0800 Message-ID: <87fuycxk47.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87r3hw70ee.fsf@hillenius.net> <878u446w17.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 1451998471 11129 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2016 12:54:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 12:54:31 +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 13:54:19 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 1aGR7y-0000PA-13 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:54:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49270 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGR7x-0007Iu-5i for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:54:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33274) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGR7t-0007Io-Pq for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:54:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGR7q-0001AJ-Gn for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:54:13 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46092) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aGR7q-0001A6-9q for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:54:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aGR7o-0000Ea-Ih for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:54:08 +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 13:54:08 +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 13:54:08 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 32 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:ZQX2/lJKsULPRFTUtgU2XiNj22s= 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:17896 Archived-At: Gijs Hillenius writes: > On 5 Jan 2016, Gijs Hillenius wrote: > >> >> 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. > > encouraged by the two replies... > > I just sent myself two emails (from a throw-away gmail account), and > notice that these messages end up on the system twice. > > My nnimap-split-fancy places them in the correct nnimap mail group, but > a "copy" (or perhaps the original) stays in the INBOX, hidden. > > Does that ring a bell, with anyone? Is it a Gmail address? Not that that immediately solves the problem, but it would be useful information. Also, what's your Gnus version?