Re: IMAP, non-persistent marks

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Gnus 5.9.0 with Emacs 21.2, with the nnimap backend. The IMAP
> daemon I'm using is Courier-IMAP 1.4.3. I've been using IMAP for a
> couple years now with several different MUAs, so I'm pretty sure the
> IMAP part of the equation is working properly.
>
> The problem is that when I mark an IMAP message using Gnus, the mark
> does not persist after the end of the session. For example: I can flag a
> message using '!', and the message appears to be flagged in the summary
> view. However, if I exit the summary view ('q'), and then re-open that
> mailbox, the mark has been lost. The same applies to 'read' marks, and
> AFAICT other marks as well.
>
> When I take a look at the IMAP log, no IMAP commands are being issued to
> synchronize the marking commands Gnus executes with the state of the
> message on the IMAP server. The "EXPUNGE" command is executed when the
> mailbox is closed (and that command appears to succeed).

If you enable `imap-log', how the the *imap-log* buffer look after
exiting a group?