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Thien-Thi Nguyen <t...@gnuvola.org> writes:

> I imagine, say, =91M-x validate-gnus-installation RET=92 to either
> display a message "Everything OK" or pop up a buffer w/ some
> diagnostic info that might help to track down the "mysterious"
> goings on.
>
> Dare i hope for such a beast to exist?

It's a mythical beast, I'm afraid.

> Presuming the answer is "no, until Someone writes it", the
> next questions are:
> - How would i go about diagnosing the current situation?
> - What would be the best way to repair the Mail and News
>   dirs and restore mail-retrieval functionality?

You're getting internal IMAP server errors, and I'm not sure that
whatever Gnus does, that should be the result.  Did anybody upgrade the
IMAP server or something?

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