Gijs Hillenius <g...@hillenius.net> writes: > On 5 Jan 2016, Gijs Hillenius wrote: > >> On 5 Jan 2016, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: >> >>> Gijs Hillenius <g...@hillenius.net> writes: >>> >>>> On 5 Jan 2016, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Gijs Hillenius <g...@hillenius.net> writes: >>>>> >>>>>> On 5 Jan 2016, Gijs Hillenius wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Doing some Gnus imap folders housekeeping this morning, I found >>>>>>> that 8000 messages (called 131940. 131941. etcetera) /hiding/ in >>>>>>> the imap's INBOX. It looks like these are all emails that I've >>>>>>> 'deleted' in Gnus, so they don't show. But for some reason >>>>>>> they're not actually deleted. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is this a setting I messed up? I recall there used to be such a >>>>>>> feature, but I don't remember what that was called. I've been >>>>>>> searching the manual for this, so far without the result I hoped >>>>>>> to find. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would appreciate a few hints. >>>>>> >>>>>> encouraged by the two replies... >>>>>> >>>>>> I just sent myself two emails (from a throw-away gmail account), >>>>>> and notice that these messages end up on the system twice. >>>>>> >>>>>> My nnimap-split-fancy places them in the correct nnimap mail >>>>>> group, but a "copy" (or perhaps the original) stays in the INBOX, >>>>>> hidden. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does that ring a bell, with anyone? >>>>> >>>>> Is it a Gmail address? >>>>> >>>>> Not that that immediately solves the problem, but it would be >>>>> useful information. Also, what's your Gnus version? >>>> >>>> The test email came from gmail. My server is for the vanity domain >>>> I'm currently posting with >>>> >>>> Gnus v5.13, in GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (Debian) >>>> >>>> a snippet from my server settings: >>>> >>>> (nnimap-inbox "INBOX") >>>> (nnimap-split-methods nnmail-split-fancy) >>>> (nnimap-unsplittable-articles >>>> '(%Deleted)) >>>> >>>> I wonder about that ^^^ last line, I don't actually recognise it. >>> >>> This will be the problem. The normal value of that var is (%Deleted >>> %Seen). Removing %Seen means that all messages in your Inbox will >>> continue being split every time you check for new mail, even though >>> you've already seen them, and they're already in the Inbox. >>> >>> Essentially that means that all messages are copied from the Inbox >>> back into the Inbox each time you check mail. >>> >>> I pushed a change to nnimap.el some time ago that prevents the >>> splitting process from splitting mail into the group it's already in, >>> but you probably don't have that change in your version of Gnus. >>> >>> In the meantime you can fix the problem by setting >>> `nnimap-unsplittable-articles' back to '(%Deleted %Seen). If you >>> leave unread messages in your Inbox for a while, you'll still have a >>> bit of the same problem. But the main issue will be fixed. >> >> I've added %Seen. Restarted Gnus. Should I expect new messages to now >> be "removed" from INBOX ? >> >> I'm asking because a first test from the same throw away address is >> again in the INBOX (but invisible to gnus) and in the fancy split >> folder. Should these messages not be marked expunge or something? > > > Perhaps this not throwing mail away is because of my cyrus conf, and has > nothing to do with Gnus. I'll start looking in this direction.
I'm guessing, a bit, what the actual problem is. But please do let us know how things progress! _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
