From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9081 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joel Reicher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Gnus: always seeing old articles when entering an imap folder Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:10:34 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services Message-ID: References: <87zm3ebifk.fsf@pfff.si.uab.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181115667 18531 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 07:41:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:41:07 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 09:41:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hvq8e-0000ZE-Uz for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:41:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvq8d-00045v-I5 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:41:03 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!pit-transit.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.9.138.184 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1181113834 61.9.138.184 (Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:10:34 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:10:34 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79265 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9081 Archived-At: Ferran Jorba writes: > As much as I try to avoid it, I'm always typing `/ o' in my imap folders > in Gnus. Moreover, when I check for new messages in my inbox, my Gnus > talks to our imap server twice: one for `Esc g' and the other for `/ o'. > And as my inbox is quite big, I feel I overload the server, and > everything slows down. On the contrary, checking for new mail on > Thunderbird without loosing old messages is just a click of a button. You're not losing old messages. By default Gnus only displays unread messages when it enters a group. This is fundamental Gnus functionality and is true (and intuitive) for newsgroups, but sometimes surprises people for mail folders. Look in the manual for how to enter groups such that old messages are displayed. Cheers, - Joel