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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
>
>> I'll check in some codes which enable Gnus to cache NOV of any method
>> covered by gnus-agent.  Some behaviors of gnus-agent may be buggy.  If
>> it bothers you, (setq gnus-agent-cache nil).  Of course, bug reports
>> and patches are welcome.
>>
>> ShengHuo
>
> ShengHuo, what benefit will this provide?
> What is the practical aim of this move?

The benefit is saving time and bandwidth, i.e. Gnus use the copy of
NOVs or articles in the agent if they are downloaded.

ShengHuo