Re: problems reading IMAP mail

[David Nash]

Thanks for both response so far

Matthias Buelow:
> Why don't you use fetchmail?
I gather this comes with emacs v22 (and not in v21)?

As I said
> I am using emacs over ssh so I don't control what software is on the host
As the current stable release of emacs is 21.4 (true?), and the site 
doesn't like to instal beta software, I'm looking for a solution with 
Gnus v5.9.0 and Emacs 21.4.1.  OK, maybe I have to try convincing the 
admin of the university machine to install Gnus 5.10....

Reiner Steib:
> How did you subscribe to the IMAP group?
> gnus-secondary-select-methods?

Yes, like this in my .gnus file:

> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>         '(
>          ;; IMAP server
>          (nnimap "IMAP" (nnimap-address "<mailhost>")
>                         (nnimap-user "<username>")))
>          (nnimap-need-unselect-to-notice-new-mail t))

>  It shouldn't not be an ephemeral group.
That's what I expected, that it should be solid.  Maybe I have done 
(or not done) something simple, in my ignorance.

David