Re: nnimap problems

[Richard Riley]

Jim Burton <jim@sdf-eu.org> writes:

> Hi, I am using gnus Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) with the Arch Linux
> package. I'm using this because I read that it has many improvements in
> nnimap. My emacs is GNU Emacs 23.2.1.
>
> I have two nnimap groups, and quite often (several times per day)
> refreshing all groups hangs on one of those groups, or if I refrsh one
> of those groups alone, it also hangs quite a lot. I can cancel, try
> again, and I get through. Another issue I have is that sometimes when I
> start gnus these groups are checked as normal but apparently have no
> messages. I know this is unlikely, so refresh them again, and there are
> messages there. When I use wanderlust, both of these mail servers are
> pretty responsive.
>
> Is IMAP still best done with a local Dovecot installation or I am I
> doing something wrong? It occured to me that connections might be timing
> out somewhere and `dead' handles being used?
>

In case it helps you locate the issue, using nognus from git, and local
dovecot I have no such issues. (emacs 23 and 24).