Re: Gnus sometimes reports new messages but not showing them on IMAP server

On Apr 11, 2024, Xiyue Deng <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm having some issues that Gnus sometimes reports that there are new
> messages on an IMAP server but it doesn't show them.

On Apr 16, 2024, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Often, I get a message on my phone that I just leave (marked read) to
> deal with later.  Sometimes, maybe 1 in 50, I can't find it in gnus, and
> on looking harder find that it is just not showing up there.

For both of you, does hitting `M-g' with point on the group in the
*Group* buffer fix things?

I regularly have similar problems, and I've resorted to binding the
following function to a key:

(defun jdc-gnus-update-IMAP ()
  (interactive)
  ; Only run this in the group buffer or it corrupts other buffers:
  (switch-to-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
  (gnus-topic-jump-to-topic "IMAP groups")
  (gnus-topic-get-new-news-this-topic)
  (gnus-group-list-groups) ; "l", as previous command shows all groups in topic
  )

I think it's doing the equivalent of `M-g' on all groups in the topic
I have that contains my IMAP groups.  For the record, I'm also using
dovecot and k9-mail.

Dan