prad <[email protected]> writes: > Lowell Gilbert <[email protected]> writes: > >> prad <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> i have 92000+ emails and i expired more than half. >>> then i did B C-M-e to get rid of the expired emails. >>> >>> i think that maildir folder is a lot smaller so presumably the expired >>> emails have been removed. >>> >>> however, when i C-u RET i still get the 92000+ number i used to. >>> >>> i've restarted both gnus and dovecot. >>> >>> how do i get gnus to report on the correct number of emails i have in my >>> inbox? >> >> You're looking for the 'z' group command, I believe >> (`gnus-server-compact-server'). See the manual nodes for >> "Group Line Specification" and "Server Commands". >> > that's what i would have thought too, but when i do > gnus-server-compact-server > i get told that there is no server. > > i also tried > gnus-group-compact-group (G z) > and the message says the backend doesn't support this operation. i think > it's implemented for nnml and i'm using nnimap. > > i was of the opinion that dovecot kept track of the count and gnus got > its info from there, but i don't know. > > i'm using maildir, so can i switch from nnimap to nnml? not sure that's > possible or even a good idea since i read that nnml isn't compatible > with "any other known format. It should be used with some caution."
Oh, right, I forgot you were doing maildir. One thing you can do is move all of the remaining e-mails into the group they're already in. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
