Re: expired messages stay in the summary buffer

[Matt Lundin]

harven <harven@free.fr> writes:

> harven <harven@free.fr> 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