On 04 Jan 1999 18:42:17 -0500, Lloyd Zusman (aka "Lloyd"),
regarding 'Re: Marking as already read when using gcc-self?', said: 

    Lloyd> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:
    >> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
    >> 
    >> > If I set the `gcc-self' group parameter for a given group to `t', is
    >> > there any way to cause any messages that are archived into that group
    >> > via this method to automatically be marked as `read' as soon as they
    >> > appear in the group?
    >> 
    >> This is in the todo list.  See the node `Newest Features' in the Gnus
    >> info file.

    Lloyd> Ah yes ... I found it.  It only contained the string "Gcc" and not
    Lloyd> "gcc-self", so I didn't find it in my previous search.

    Lloyd> Well, I'll devote a little bit of my time to this task.

Maybe you want to start from where I left off.
The patch attach has the problem where it doesn't set the
mark as read if the summary buffer for the group is the
current one (defeating the gcc-self purpose, but making
other gcc as read ok). Maybe you can figure out what's wrong 
with it. It applies cleanly to pgnus 0.69.


    Lloyd> Perhaps Gcc could cause a special header to be inserted into its saved
    Lloyd> messages, such as ...

    Lloyd>   X-Gnus-Gcc-Action: <what to do>

    Lloyd> Where <what to do> might be `tick' or `mark read' or something
    Lloyd> similar.  This could be specified via some sort of option, such as ...

    Lloyd>   (defvar gnus-gcc-action "mark read"
    Lloyd>    "*Action to be taken when the message is Gcc'ed.
    Lloyd>    Could be `tick', `mark read', etc.")

Good! I think this can be easily accomodated to my code
provide someone more elisp/gnus knowledgeable will help
track the problem.

    Lloyd> Then, when entering summary mode, some routine (which one? ... well,
    Lloyd> I'll dig around and find it if no one can make a suggestion) could
    Lloyd> then recognize this `X-Gnus-Gcc-Action' header and perform the
    Lloyd> specified action.

    Lloyd> Does this sound like a good approach?  Before I start hacking, I'd
    Lloyd> appreciate any feedback and opinions from those of you who are
    Lloyd> familiar with this part of Gnus.


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As you can see by the patch I hacked the gcc treatment in
the message sending part, which is a diferent approach from
yours.Note that yours will show the message you sent on the
group buffer until you enter the group.

Best regards,

	Nelson