Re: GNUs <-- IMAP -- not displaying all messages

[Stefan Monnier]

> GNUS was not displaying all messages residing on the Google Imap
> server, even after resetting everything
> (for example: rm -rf ~/News ~/Mail ~/.newsrc*   and restarting)

> The FIX.  Change
>   * FROM
>         (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "imap.gmail.com"
>           (nnimap-server-port 993).....
>   * TO
>         (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "gmail"
>           (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
>           (nnimap-server-port 993) ....

Does anyone have a clue how such a change could fix your problem?
The only explanation that comes to mind is that there was still some
data stored somewhere in a file, so by renaming the server from
"imap.gmail.com" to "gmail" you made Gnus ignore those old settings,
regardless of where they were stored.

> CONCLUSION
>    Perhaps the doc string in gnus.el stating:
>        (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "flab.flab.edu"))
>     should be changes.

I don't understand: Why should it be changed?  And what should it
say instead?


        Stefan