Re: Does Gnus read and sync the read with IMAP?

[Bob Newell]

> (defvar nnimap-mark-alist
>   '((read "\\Seen" %Seen)
>     (tick "\\Flagged" %Flagged)
>     (reply "\\Answered" %Answered)
>     (expire "gnus-expire")
>     (dormant "gnus-dormant")
>     (score "gnus-score")
>     (save "gnus-save")
>     (download "gnus-download")
>     (forward "gnus-forward")))

Eric, thanks; this is very helpful.  And it leaves a
question/comment or maybe a multi-part one :)

1. Yes as you say not all IMAP servers support all the
gnus-ish additions.

2. When an already read/seen article becomes unread again, as
in the case I tried out, it appears gnus recognizes the
change.

3. But here's the big one, and one that I thought I understood
but seem to get inconsistent results.  At what point does gnus
update the IMAP server?  In other words, I read an article.
In the summary buffer that article definitely is now shown as
read.  But that doesn't propagate instantly to the IMAP
server.  I can see this by (say) opening a gmail web interface
and noting that the article I just read on gnus is still
unread on gmail web.  (I will try a few test cases on my own
to see what I can learn.)

-- 
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i

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