Re: nnimap hangs up Gnus

[Simon Josefsson]

Mike Irwin <mdi@pobox.com> writes:

> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>
>> Weird, the server is simply not responding to the command with tag 9.
>> Does it help to wait longer?  You could consider unsubscribing from
>> the INBOX mailbox as well, in Gnus, and use splitting to move
>> everything into other mailboxes, if the problem only happens for INBOX
>> (which is a special mailbox in some regards).  Instead of re-starting
>> Gnus, you could close/open the nnimap server in the Server Buffer.
>
> I've waited for a few minutes and it never completed doing its thing, so I
> would say no, it doesn't help to wait longer.
>
> Are you suggesting that I use splitting to debug this problem further?  If so,
> I'll gladly do it if that will help solve this issue.  Otherwise, ATM I'm not
> interested in setting up splitting.  Is there anything else I could try to
> help debug this?

No, I think there is nothing more you can do from the client
perspective.  It appears to be a problem with the server.  Ask the
administrators, perhaps.  I suggested splitting to work around the
problem -- assuming the problem only happen for INBOX, which is an
educated guess.