Re: Novice user doubt

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

Julio Barreiro-Guerrero <Julio.Barreiro@cern.ch> writes:

> I download your latest gnus-imap version (0.3.12), and configure
> everything. All works O.K., the imap-log shows some mail it got, but just
> before finishing it displays this message:
> No such function: nnimap-request-list-newsgroups
> then gnus doesnot end loading.

I think you run into a gnus bug, which is fixed in 5.6.24. What Gnus
version are you using?

If you don't want to upgrade Gnus just because of this, you can try
the patch (which will be in nnimap 0.3.13) below.

/s

--- /afs/pdc.kth.se/home/j/jas/.OldFiles/elisp/nnimap/nnimap.el Wed Jul 15 23:35:42 1998
+++ nnimap.el   Fri Jul 17 13:14:13 1998
@@ -744,11 +744,21 @@
 (deffoo nnimap-request-scan (&optional group server)
   (nnimap-split-articles group server))
 
-;; (deffoo nnimap-request-group-description
+;; until everyone uses gnus >= 5.6.24
+(deffoo nnimap-request-group-description (group &optional server)
+  (when (nnimap-possibly-change-server server)
+    (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
+      (erase-buffer))
+    t))
 
-;; (deffoo nnimap-request-list-newsgroups
+;; until everyone uses gnus >= 5.6.24
+(deffoo nnimap-request-list-newsgroups (&optional server)
+  (when (nnimap-possibly-change-server server)
+    (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
+      (erase-buffer))
+    t))
 
-;; For some reason this must be defined.  Why???  ANSWER: Bug in Gnus, fixed.
+;; until everyone uses gnus >= 5.6.24
 (deffoo nnimap-request-newgroups (date &optional server)
   (when (nnimap-possibly-change-server server)
     (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer