Re: the stars in the group buffer.

[Gijs Hillenius <gijs@hillenius.net>]

On 11 September 2018 23:12 Uwe Brauer, wrote:

>>>> "Robert" == Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi
>> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I forgot to ask this a long time ago: in my group buffer I see
>>> *              0: nnimap+gmail:INBOX
>>> 
>>> What does the * mean and how can I get rid of it?
>
>> It means you have articles in that group that have a mark (usually
>> ticked, ie '!'). You can get rid of the marks by entering the group
>> with RET, and clearing them using M-u (I think M-u respects the
>> process mark, so you should be able to do them all at once).
>
> Is there any command to see all the message with a tick? When I use the
> menu and select: «limit to» the tick does not appear.

to see messages marked with a tick (!) in a group, I enter the group and
hit x which is bound to:

gnus-summary-limit-to-unread

I see I could also use: / u,  or the menu <menu-bar> <Gnus> <Limit to>
<Unread>, the latter which you imply is not working for you.