Subject: bug#72949: Gnus sometimes reports new messages but not showing them on IMAP server

From: Dan Christensen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:50:24 +0000

So how do we go about getting this merged?  I've copied Eric
on this and have attached the patch again (since there are
several in the thread).

Dan

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el b/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
index 17a55f98..cdd9f01f 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
@@ -918,10 +918,10 @@ nnimap-request-group
 	    (nnimap-finish-retrieve-group-infos server info sequences
 						t)
 	    (setq active (nth 2 (assoc group nnimap-current-infos)))))
-	(setq active (or active '(0 . 1)))
+	(setq active (or active '(1 . 0)))
 	(erase-buffer)
 	(insert (format "211 %d %d %d %S\n"
-			(- (cdr active) (car active))
+			(max (1+ (- (cdr active) (car active))) 0)
 			(car active)
 			(cdr active)
 			group))