Subject: bug#55973: 28.1; GNUS nnimap hangs with high UID

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:26:39 +0200

[email-masked] writes:

> when opening IMAP folder with high (very) UID, gnus hangs on
> gnu-uncompress-range.
>
> I have an INBOX folder with very high UIDNEXT (2206239514). Even though
> the actual number of email in the folder is low (33 EXISTS),
> gnus-uncompress-range try to /uncompress/ 2 billions numbers, which make
> it hangs forever.

Yes, it's a known problem, so I've merged this with bug#51887, which is
also about this.

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