Re: total count after expiring emails

[Lowell Gilbert]

prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> writes:

> Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> writes:
>
>> prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> 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.