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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> This is a small gripe that comes up from time to time on my setup.
> Not sure of the exact circumstances that bring this on but
> occasionally I'll notice a post I want to be downloaded under agent
> that has already be read for one reason or anther in `Plugged' mode.
> 
> Usually just marking it unread again with `M-u' leaving the group
> going plugged and running J u on that group will do it, but
> occasionally this does not work.  In the present cast the missing
> message is actually in the agentized group as evidenced by
> ls ~News/agent....../group/<number>

Maybe you should mark the article "to-download" (`J #') before leaving
the group.

> No amout of redownloading will help this... so I tried to edit
> .agentview and .overview for that group.
> 
> Adding the file number to .agentview in the same way  others appear:
> (16765 . t)

I believe this means the article is downloaded.

You could simply add the article into the cache (`*') instead of
downloading it later. Then, you could still read the article when
unplugged.

ShengHuo