Re: can't see all articles in folder

[Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coe.uga.edu>]

Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:

> >>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>:
> 
> > I have a Cyrus IMAP group where SPC on the server in the server
> > buffer lists 71 articles, but opening the folder group shows 5
> > articles. 
> 
> > C-u RET or C-u 100 SPC for entering the group only lists the same 5
> > articles.  Doing a ^ on an article to get its parent makes the parent
> > show up.
> 
> > I have tried removing the novcache and I have removed all files
> > related to the folder under ~/News/agent/nnimap/.
> 
> I did a M-g on the group before entering, and that seemed to do the
> trick.  Could it have been a missing "J Y" after doing things in the
> offline mode, I wonder...?

I think I remember this being explained in the nnimap documentation:
it figures out how many articles are in the folder by subtraction,
so it's often wrong.  I think the alternatives were too slow, but if
you go get the headers, then nnimap really knows how many articles
there are.

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