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

On Apr 18, 2024, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dan Christensen <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> For both of you, does hitting `M-g' with point on the group in the
>> *Group* buffer fix things?
>
> I will try that, but I have been exiting the group and ^U SPC to
> re-enter and display all, and when a message has gone missing, I have
> not even once been able to get gnus to show it.  I have exited and
> restarted gnus, and done "g".

Neither of those does the full resync that `M-g' does for IMAP groups.
I don't know what is going on behind the scenes, but `M-g' is necessary
for me to see up-to-date information sometimes.

> Are you saying that "g" in the summary does not allow viewing a missing
> article, but M-g will?

Yes, in many cases.

Dan