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Robert Epprecht <epprecht@sunweb.ch> writes:

[...]

> > After doing `F' in *Group* buffer after that, I was unpleasantly
> > surprised to see that all articles in the new group appeared as
> > unread and without any other marks that were applied to them in
> > the old group
> 
> I think this is because the newly created group starts on a zombie
> level, which is to low for gnus two care about marks. Create the
> group in advance and set level with `S l'.
> 
> Wouldn't it make sense to let newly created groups default to the
> default level?

Yes, it probably would, unless there is a good reason against that.
And I don't think there is one. We'll have to wait until Lars gets
back...

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Toni Drabik <tdrabik@public.srce.hr>
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