* "Norbert" == Norbert Koch <n.koch@eai-delta.de> writes:

Norbert> In message <yc0hfnxprwg.fsf@whitestar.daimi.au.dk>,
Norbert> nospam2159+ding@daimi.au.dk (Peter von der Ahé - at home) wrote:

>> To illustrate what the problem, please try doing the following:
>> 
>> (setq gnus-large-newsgroup 2)
>> 
>> in .gnus.el
>> 
>> Create a new nnml group with G m, copy 3 messages to this group.
>> Mark them all as read.  Delete the article with number 2.  Exit the
>> group.  Enter the group.  You will now be asked how many articles you
>> want to see, even though there only is 2 articles in the group.  This
>> can be very annoying when you have larges mail groups with gaps.

Norbert> Well, after recognising this problem, you could mark all
Norbert> articles and respool them (B r). This should ease the
Norbert> trouble, shouldn't it?

Not if the group has cached articles.

Tony