Re: is nnimap broken? Is gnus 5.11 broken?

[Ed]

On Jul 30, 3:20 am, David <de...@arcor.de> wrote:
> Ed <edwardjameshartn...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Jul 29, 7:56 am, David <de...@arcor.de> wrote:
> >> Ed <edwardjameshartn...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> >                                   (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX"))
>
> >> Please see the documentation to nnimap-list-pattern. The above line will
> >> drop everything except your INBOX. What you have to enter there depends
>
> > OK, but I would be happy to see at least my inbox as a mail group,
> > instead of nothing.
>
> Well, you said in your original posting:
>
> >Gnus is logging into my server OK, and I can get my mail via the
> >server buffer, but there are no mail groups I can subscribe to.
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean with "I can get my mail via
> the server buffer" if you do not see any groups there.

In the server buffer I do not see groups, I see the following two
servers:


     {nnfolder:archive} (closed)
     {nnimap:mail} (opened) (agent)

When I go to the second line, and hit SPC, I see:
K    618: INBOX
K      0: Mail/archive
K      0: Mail/drafts

When I go to the first line and hit SPC I can see the mail messages in
my inbox.

Then, if I go back to the groups buffer, it allows me to subscribe to
nnimap+main:INBOX

       0: nndraft:queue
       0: nndraft:drafts
     618: nnimap+mail:INBOX

So that seems good. But the next time I open GNUS this group is not
there, and I have to go back to the server buffer and read the email
through that.

So how do I get this INBOX group to stick around?


> Maybe the IMAP server indeed exports your full home directory. This can
> take a while, depending on number of files in there.
>
> You can put
>
> (setq imap-log t)
>
> into your .gnus to enable IMAP logging in a buffer named "*imap
> log*". You should be able to see there what's going on when you omit the
> nnimap-list-pattern variable (just hit C-g after a while and switch to
> "*imap log*").
>
> If your mailboxes are stored in your home directory (this depends on the
> IMAP server), you have to tell Gnus through nnimap-list-pattern where
> these mailboxes are. Usually, this is a subdirectory like "~/Mail/*" or
> something similar. But again, this all depends on the IMAP server.
>
> -David

I will discuss with my sysadmin and see what he has to say about what
the IMAP server exposes...

Thanks!

Ed