Re: new mail check

[Matt Armstrong <mattdav+matt@best.com>]

Amos wrote:

> At the prompt for `B m', I entered a folder that I knew existed.
> The auto-expansion stuff I've got on told me "no match", which
> didn't surprise me too much since the folder wasn't subscribed.
> However, after entering that folder I got an error.  Sure enough,
> when I checked the *imap-log* buffer I saw that it blew up because
> it tried to create a folder that already existed. Hmmm...

I would think that in an ideal world, nnimap could deal with this case
more gracefully...
 
> Finally, my suggestion/question is this: would it be possible to
> have nnimap only check for new mail in those folders that are indeed
> subscribed to, ignoring those that are unsubscribed but not killed?
> Seems like that would be ideal, unless of course I'm overlooking
> something better.
> 
> Does that make any sense?

I use group levels.  All folders that get new mail regularly are at
level 1, all others at level 2.  Then, fetching level 1 groups is as
simple as "1 g" in the group buffer.  I think this'll satisfy you.