harven <[email protected]> writes: > harven <[email protected]> writes: > >> I recently installed emacs23 together with NoGnus v5.13. >> I use a gnus initialisation file that worked perfectly in v5.11. >> Everything works fine when I connect to my imap server using nnimap method, >> albeit for one thing. Deleted messages are displayed in the summary buffer >> and I can't get rid of them. That's strange because messages marked for >> expiration are not displayed, as expected. > > I finally solved the problem by setting > (setq gnus-agent nil) > > Why is the gnus-agent enabled by default for the imap servers ? > > Quoting the manual, > "If you have a mail back end, it would probably be nonsensical to have it > covered by the Agent" > and I agree but below on the same page is written > "By default, all `nntp' and `nnimap' servers `gnus-select-method' and > `gnus-secondary-select-methods' are agentized."
The first quote, I believe, refers to local mail back ends (nnfolder, nnml, etc.). The second quote refers to remote back ends. The purpose of the agent is to allow offline reading of mail/news on remote back ends. > > It seems paradoxical to me. Imap is a remote mailbox protocol and so I don't > think it should be agentized by default. "Remote" is the key term here. Best, Matt _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
