Re: nnimap gmail "A T" and "^" not working

[Andrew Cohen]

Hi All:

gmail's imap implementation is non-standard and the standard
thread-referral search doesn't seem to work properly (I never noticed
this before since most of email activity is not in gmail). Although it
will take a little time I don't think it will be very hard to get it
working. As Eric said, we can special-case gmail in gnus-search and just
have to understand the details of how gmail searching works (I think I
have already worked this out but have to do some more testing).

So to the original poster jibstyle209: it's not you (and it's not gnus) it's
gmail. But we should be able to work around it.

>>>>> "EA" == Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

    EA> JibStyle <jibstyle209@gmail.com> writes:
    >> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
    >> 
    >>> Hey there! Thanks for the report. It looks like Gmails' IMAP
    >>> weirdness might be weird enough to break the thread-searching
    >>> code in Gnus. I think it's definitely worth special-casing code
    >>> for Gmail; give me a few days and I'll see what I can figure
    >>> out.
    >> 
    >> Thank you for investigating. Are you able to reproduce the issue?
    >> I am unsure if there is a problem with Gnus <--> Gmail, or if I
    >> am doing something wrong. That is why I ask how other users
    >> approach nnimap gmail threading.
    >> 
    >> My `gnus-secondary-select-methods' (primary method is nnnil):
    >> 
    >> ((nnimap "imap.gmail.com" (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
    >> (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream ssl)
    >> (nnimap-split-methods default) (nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
    >> (nnimap-expunge immediately) (nnmail-expiry-wait immediate))
    >> (nntp "news.gmane.io"))
    >> 
    >> Please let me know if any additional information is useful, or
    >> any suggested workarounds. Thank you!

    EA> I technically have a gmail account, but can't access it from
    EA> Gnus, so I probably won't be able to reproduce. But it's a good
    EA> idea to adapt some code specifically for Gmail anyway, so I hope
    EA> to be able to provide some code to test on the list here in the
    EA> next week or so.

-- 
Andrew Cohen
Director, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Lam Woo Foundation Professor and Chair Professor of Physics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology