Re: problem making new groups?

[radford@robby.caltech.edu (Jim Radford)]

> >       If I specify new folders nnimap-split-rule, the mail seems
> >    to be split to the right places, but to make the groups show up I
> >    have to go to the server buffer and find them. I don't have to do
> >    this with any of the other backends.
> 
> It's a known bug, nnimap doesn't detect if there are new groups on the
> server because it can't tell. I added this to the 'known-bugs' page.
> 
> It's being fixed in the re-written nnimap by using a local file to
> store the name of subscribed mailboxes and compare it to what's on the
> server when it connects.

Simon, have you considered using IMAP's [UN]SUBSCRIBE for this?  I know
that the UWash server just puts the list in a local file,  but it seems
more "the IMAP way" to centralize this on the server.  That way nnimap
can resonstruct its whole state from the server.

-Jim