From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5214 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2023 22:22:19 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2023 22:22:19 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qRgi0-00Agmw-0W for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:22:16 -0500 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qRghz-003XBg-1c for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:22:15 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qRghw-003XBX-1m for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:22:12 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qRghr-00AgmK-2P for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:22:12 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=xsvfjAljnchPUTrQacd3sepb7Ziczd1koORPpi3szvg=; b=s1Mn4k6Pp6EkyBqtIoG2y7LbFA vwJqNZ7aoqweoncX6DffJ1No3aH/mPV+aeW9Al3AoPECGUF/n7R55KmpxMIUA8llqp8ROX3JA+TLQ 1jgAlKb3sK4kSn8N+CG/jgHt1NuqA+cNItpKSgCTqOgB/Us1gwcWvkY8CN00119CYtUM=; Received: from [146.115.108.149] (helo=lanconius.mirror.to) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qRghh-0003MH-OG for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:22:01 +0200 Received: by lanconius.mirror.to (Postfix, from userid 1269) id 004E34010F; Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:21:50 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mirror.to; s=mail; t=1691101311; bh=lOXXgAvSdHSIi2jUnfqt+sTL6y1azvTRqtVcFMkcQ0E=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=iNltejduxMquqzBr8o7u2HDmzzxE4UCv1JpYWzNBEg5ZpemjlDsm+I/lSNBlQHzKj ah5QBGU5guOKQVfUKUuh62uj8NJetlMv0CtaEnuv+IhbQG7wu+VvBC5rKXjqo4KtIE i0tF2lzHhroXttyzJhbPQzFsz+3zOV9aqGTVPaXo= From: akb+lists.ding@mirror.to (Andrew B) To: ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: help with corrupted files; ticked articles missing References: <0qr0pqzkmg.fsf@mirror.to> <86jzv2npjr.fsf@simplex.rtf.org.uk> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 18:21:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86jzv2npjr.fsf@simplex.rtf.org.uk> (RL's message of "Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:36:40 +0100") Message-ID: <0qleer3gxt.fsf@mirror.to> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-ID: Precedence: bulk RL writes: > akb+lists.ding@mirror.to (Andrew B) writes: > >> The partition containing my home directory filled up, and I cleared > >> What can I do to recover my unread and ticked articles? >> Are there any files besides .newsrc ones that I need to recover gnus >> state? > > I had a similar situation - i found the 'active' file in the nnml server > had been emptied and this seems to have caused issues opening nnml > groups. Running `M-x nnml-generate-nov-databases' seems to have fixed it, > but i dont know if this is good or bad advice Thanks! This put me on the right track. I don't use nnml, but there were files in the ~/News directory causing the problem; if I have time I'll sort out what exactly, but meanwhile I just renamed the direcoty contents and let gnus recreate what it needed. Meanwhile, if there's a wishlist, I feel like this sort of thing should not ideally be possible; with nnimap if M-g shows me there are 1000 ticked articles and entering the group only shows 1, or if M-g shows 124000 articles, but entering the group refuses to retrieve more than a couple dozen, I feel like there could be some kind of internal consistency check that at least informs the user that there's a problem, and ideally allows for something like overwriting corrupt info in either .newsrc.eld or ~/News with info from the imap server...