Re: going imap

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Paul Stevenson <paul@gleet.org.uk> writes:

> kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> You are using nnimap as the primary select method.  Maybe it works
>> better if you use it as a secondary select method.
>>
>> I recommend (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) if you want to go
>> that route (or try it).  nnnil is a backend that contains no groups.
>
> Oh.  That is what I used to do, but one of the aesthetic plusses in
> starting again from scratch is that (I thought) I could dispense with
> the nnnil select method and just have a nnimap primary select method
> and no secondaries... Oh well.  You are right, though.  My problems
> are solved by using nnimap as a secondary select method. Thanks!

This is very puzzling, but it is good to have the bug isolated.  I'm
afraid I don't have time to debug this right not though... if someone
likes to, I could try to help.

OTOH this primary/secondary/foreign/etc distinction is confusing in
general.  Maybe it will disappear in No Gnus, then this problem will
probably go away too.