Re: Gnus and IMAP

[Ichimusai <ichi@ichimusai.org>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Ichimusai <ichi@ichimusai.org> writes:
> 
> > I have Gnus set up to use POP for fetching my mails, but I am
> > considering switching to IMAP4 as it would be easier with at least one
> > of the servers.
> >
> > Can I just take this:
> >
> > (setq mail-sources 
> >       '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/ichi")
> > 	(pop :server "pop.algonet.se" :user "XXXXXX" :password "XXXXXX")
> > 	(pop :server "pop3.activeisp.com" :user "XXXXXX" :password "XXXXXX")))
> >
> > And change it to
> >
> > (setq mail-sources 
> >       '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/ichi")
> > 	(imap :server "pop.algonet.se" :user "XXXXXX" :password "XXXXXX")
> > 	(imap :server "pop3.activeisp.com" :user "XXXXXX" :password "XXXXXX")))
> 
> I think so.
> 
> > error in process filter: imap-parse-response: Internal error, tag 5 status BAD code nil text FETCH invalid message sequence set
> > error in process filter: Internal error, tag 5 status BAD code nil text FETCH invalid message sequence set
> 
> Except this it looks fine.  Could you frob `imap-log' and post the
> contents of *imap-log* after you get this error?  It could be a bug,
> I'm not sure anyone really uses the IMAP mail source.

Certainly, here it comes:

(oh, and pop.algonet.se and imap.algonet.se points to the same
machines so don't be confused if I have tried both below)

* OK BMR ErlangTM/OTP IMAP4rev1 v2.1 [0s9944964sheridan]
1 CAPABILITY
* CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4REV1 NAMESPACE SCAN SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
1 OK CAPABILITY completed
2 LOGIN "XXXXXXXX" "XXXXXXXXX"
2 OK LOGIN completed
3 SELECT "INBOX"
* 2 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 969524230] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037557972] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in INBOX
* 0 RECENT
3 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
4 UID SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED
* SEARCH 1037557208 1037557780
4 OK UID SEARCH completed
5 UID FETCH -36184616 RFC822.PEEK
5 OK UID FETCH completed
6 UID FETCH -36184044 RFC822.PEEK
6 OK UID FETCH completed
7 CLOSE
7 OK CLOSE completed
8 LOGOUT
* BYE angel IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection
8 OK LOGOUT completed

As you can see there are two mails in the box, one is unseen from this
client, but from the *Groups* buffer there is no access to the mail, I
doubt it is ever fetched. I don't see any errors though.

So I tried something else.

> From the *Groups* buffer I did ^ and then I added it as another
server of the nnimap type. After giving it my account name and
password it connected nicely and I got the following groups:

K      0: INBOX
K      0: Skickade brev
K      0: Trash

I hit "u" on all of them and the K's disappeared, and then I "q":ed
back to the *Groups* buffer where I did "F" and yay, my INBOX etc on
the IMAP server showed up.

However, the joy was short, because I was unable to access any folders
even after having subscribed to them :( Hitting return on one of them
produces this error message:

Retrieving newsgroup: nnimap+imap.algonet.se:INBOX...
nnimap: Updating info for nnimap+imap.algonet.se:INBOX...done
Group INBOX selected
gnus-select-newsgroup: Couldn't request group nnimap+imap.algonet.se:INBOX: Group INBOX selected

That is from the *Messages* buffer.

Below you will find the contents of the IMAP-Log buffer after such a
session (it's a bit long but I am not culling it out, maybe you can
read out more from this, I am not so experienced with IMAP):

25 SELECT "Trash"
* 7 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1037289655] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558247] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 5] 5 is first unseen message in Trash
* 0 RECENT
25 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
26 EXAMINE "Trash"
* 7 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1037289655] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558247] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 5] 5 is first unseen message in Trash
* 0 RECENT
26 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
27 CLOSE
27 OK CLOSE completed
28 EXAMINE "Trash"
* 7 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1037289655] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558247] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 5] 5 is first unseen message in Trash
* 0 RECENT
28 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
29 FETCH 1,* UID
* 1 FETCH (UID 1037289654)
* 7 FETCH (UID 1037289660)
29 OK FETCH completed
30 SELECT "Skickade brev"
* 40 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 972912217] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558248] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in Skickade brev
* 0 RECENT
30 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
31 EXAMINE "Skickade brev"
* 40 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 972912217] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558248] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in Skickade brev
* 0 RECENT
31 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
32 CLOSE
32 OK CLOSE completed
33 EXAMINE "Skickade brev"
* 40 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 972912217] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558248] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in Skickade brev
* 0 RECENT
33 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
34 FETCH 1,* UID
* 1 FETCH (UID 972912211)
* 40 FETCH (UID 1037550771)
34 OK FETCH completed
35 SELECT "INBOX"
* 2 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 969524230] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558248] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in INBOX
* 0 RECENT
35 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
36 EXAMINE "INBOX"
* 2 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 969524230] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558248] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in INBOX
* 0 RECENT
36 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
37 CLOSE
37 OK CLOSE completed
38 EXAMINE "INBOX"
* 2 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 969524230] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1037558248] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen message in INBOX
* 0 RECENT
38 OK [READ-ONLY] EXAMINE completed
39 FETCH 1,* UID
* 1 FETCH (UID 1037557208)
* 2 FETCH (UID 1037557780)
39 OK FETCH completed

Any help much appreciated. There is probably just something silly
going on here which I have missed.

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