* imap.el (imap-open): Handle case where buffer is a buffer

	object.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index d6d4d99a853..320132460a3 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-30  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+        * imap.el (imap-open): Handle case where buffer is a buffer
+        object.
+
 2005-10-24  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * pgg-def.el:
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/imap.el b/lisp/gnus/imap.el
index b66d9eded8a..2be30aa6e47 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/imap.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/imap.el
@@ -1038,8 +1038,11 @@ necessary.  If nil, the buffer name is generated."
                            stream))
                       ;; We're done, kill the first connection
                       (imap-close buffer)
-                      (kill-buffer buffer)
-                      (rename-buffer buffer)
+                      (let ((name (if (stringp buffer)
+                                      buffer
+                                    (buffer-name buffer))))
+                        (kill-buffer buffer)
+                        (rename-buffer name))
                       (message "imap: Reconnecting with stream `%s'...done"
                                stream)
                       (setq imap-stream stream)