James Thomas writes:
> Uwe Brauer via "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs
> Usenet newsreader (in English)" writes:
>
>>> Uwe Brauer via "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs
>>> Usenet newsreader (in English)" writes:
>>
>>
>>> (My messages to ding@gnuorg still don't seem to be getting there)
>>
>>> To set the record straight:
>>
>>> Marks will be uploaded only if you have them in the newsrc in the
>>> first place: which is already not true of your nnimap - so you may
>>> have to use nnagent (or something else).
>>
>>
>> Hm, by nnagent, do you mean using the agent on the nnimap?
>>
>> I need to access the server via nnimap, I have used the agent in the
>> past but it caused more problems that it solves.
>
> Sorry to hear that (but it's almost indispensable for me). Btw they're
> complementary and not mututally exclusive.
>
>>
>> So it seems that cloud does not serve my particular problem which is
>> «save» the dormant mark.
>
> At the very worst, couldn't you:
>
> Collect all the dormant marked article numbers into a file (on group
> exit), include that in the cloud's upload, and read & mark them back on
> nnimap group entry? Or, if you have only one system, use that file itself?
>
>>
>>
>> BTW how can I disconnect the icloud bridge, (connecting is easy via
>> pressing I in the server buffer)
>
> Reset gnus-cloud-method?
>
> ('icloud'? Aren't you mixing this up with the apple that tempted Adam?
> :-))
>
>>
>>
>>> (AFAIU) Does that make sense?
>>
>>> James Thomas
>>> writes:
> --
Or this might be easier:
Make an nnvirtual group for it (which should have a copy of its marks)
and 'i' on that method (making sure of it _before_ the nnimap's update).
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