Tags: patch

Hi,

Here is a patch that permits a Gnus/nnml user to define the name of the
buffer for IMAP communication.  Like this, for instance:

(setq mail-sources '((imap :server "example.com"
                           :stream tls
			   :buffer " *imap example.com*")))
                           
Doing so, said buffer will be kept connected for the entire Gnus
session.  FWIW, I'm using it right now and it seems like a quite
effective way to speed up mail retrieving (even better with multiple
IMAP servers).

I have no use for this myself but I guess that this feature could also
be extended to POP servers.

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 22, x86_64-unknown-openbsd7.6, X toolkit) of
 2025-03-06 built on computer
Repository revision: fe7a8c92be6269f8fc7933eb6c190178839d0f8a
Repository branch: mgi/mail-source-keep-connect
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101015
System Description: OpenBSD computer 7.6 GENERIC.MP#567 amd64

Configured using:
 'configure CC=egcc CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib MAKEINFO=gmakeinfo --prefix=/home/manuel/emacs
 --bindir=/home/manuel/bin --with-x-toolkit=lucid
 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars=no --without-cairo
 --without-compress-install'