Re: *Group* message counts completely off (and not changing) for imap

[Dan Christensen]

On Jan 21, 2017, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer@fsfe.org> wrote:

> I'm using mbsync+dovecot and a .newsrc.eld synced with Syncthing. When I
> enter the *Group* buffer, the message count is completely off for the
> IMAP folders, e.g. it claims 729 unread for my INBOX that has 21 read
> articles and no unread. Another machine claims 1041. Where do the
> *Group* counts come from, and what do I do to fix it? I've had issues
> with synced .newsrc.eld's before, but typically the numbers were fixed
> by just entering and exiting the summary, but no longer.

Have you tried `M-g' in the *Group* buffer on a group with incorrect
counts?  This causes nnimap to refresh the info it has on that group.

Dan