Re: nnimap confused?

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

Yair Friedman (Jerusalem) <YAIRFR@Amdocs.com> writes:

> 1. I need to read another mailbox from the exchange software.  Under
>    outlook this looks like another mailbox but not under "Outlook Today"
>    folder like all other folders.  I don't want to have this mailbox
>    split as I share it with other users.

Can you see the mailbox with Netscape or some other IMAP client?  If
you enter the server buffer ('^', select your server) do you get any
messages in your *Messages* buffer about not being able to decode
UTF7?

> 2. How can I prevent nnimap asking my password if it already got one and
>    the question about keeping it?  I want it kept until emacs exits
>    like gnus does with movemail+pop.

This is related to your third question, I think, it asks for a
password for each server -- when Gnus looks for a '+nnimap:INBOX'
folder it opens a new server connection and need a new password.

So this should go away once 3 is fixed.

> 3. Occasionally nnimap is geeting confused and looking for
>    "+nnimap:INBOX" which fails.  It happens when I to 2 g in the summary
>    buffer after not touching gnus for a while.  Restarting gnus soilves
>    this problem.  Below is my setting and trace files.

This patch to Gnus probably fix this. I think Lars said he could apply
this patch to Gnus since it's not very clear what
`gnus-server-extend-method' actually does or why it is needed.

Please tell me if it indeed fixes your problem.

(Do not forget to recompile Gnus)

--- gnus.el-	Sun Sep 26 21:00:46 1999
+++ gnus.el	Sun Sep 26 21:00:49 1999
@@ -2729,8 +2729,6 @@
 	  (setq method
 		(cond ((stringp method)
 		       (inline (gnus-server-to-method method)))
-		      ((stringp (cadr method))
-		       (inline (gnus-server-extend-method group method)))
 		      (t
 		       method)))
 	  (cond ((equal (cadr method) "")