Re: nnimap 0.3.24

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

Seth Alves <alves@hungry.com> writes:

> ok, 0.3.24 gets me logged in, but decides that it can't select a folder.
> with nnimap-0.3.24:

I think you're hit by the changed group-list code. Looks like Gnus 5.5
doesn't support this (you're using Gnus 5.5 right?).

If your Gnus doesn't call nnimap-request-retrieve-group, it will use
the 'fast mode for listing groups which is somewhat broken and you
won't be able to enter groups since Gnus thinks they are empty.

Nnimap officially requires Gnus 5.6.x, if you want to force nnimap
into working with Gnus 5.5 you could apply the attached patch
(untested). I really suggest upgrading to Gnus 5.6.

/s

--- nnimap.el~	Thu Aug 20 22:55:25 1998
+++ nnimap.el	Fri Aug 21 01:36:30 1998
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
                                 (car pattern) " "
                                 (cdr pattern)))))
         (gnus-message 5 "Generating active list for %s" server)
-	(let ((nnimap-group-list-speed 'fast))
+	(let ((nnimap-group-list-speed 'slow))
 	  (mapatoms (lambda (sym) (nnimap-request-list-mapper 
 				   (symbol-name sym)))
 		    imap-data-folder)))