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#53352
29.0.50; IMAP INBOX not refreshing using `gnus-group-get-new-news'
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Reported by: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:08:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo
Found in version 29.0.50
Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #13 received at 53352 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
> Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com> writes:
>
>> I have a gnus installation where the select method is as such:
>>
>> ;;; Select Method
>> (setq gnus-select-method
>> '(nnimap "localimap"
>> (nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
>> (nnimap-address "xxxxxxxx.xxx")))
>
> If you're not using Gnus to split the mail, wouldn't it make more sense
> to leave nnimap-inbox as nil?
Likely. This is a leftover from when I was using Gnus to do splitting
instead of sieve. However, removing the `nnimap-inbox' clause and
restarting Gnus does not cause the unwanted behavior to change.
>> Mail splitting is currently being handled by sieve, not by Gnus.
>> However, when sieve leaves a message in INBOX rather than sorting it to
>> another folder, it does not appear in INBOX using `g'
>> (gnus-group-get-new-news). Any mail that stays there does show up if I
>> use `M-g' (gnus-topic-get-new-news-this-topic) on the group. This only
>> happens for the INBOX folder. I don't believe INBOX should behave
>> differently from other folders in this regard.
>
> I don't see any special handling of the folder called INBOX in nnimap.
> Do you have the INBOX group on a too-high level? You said you're using
> a group activation level of 1, but not what the level of the INBOX group
> was.
INBOX is at level 1.
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Michael Welsh Duggan
(md5i <at> md5i.com)
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