Re: Expiring old low-score threads

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

>> How can I fix this?  I mean, I obviously want to run my command in
>> complete summary containing all articles I've ever received in that
>> group.  Of course, chances are high that the group contains
>> incomplete threads with false roots where ^
>> (gnus-summary-refer-parent-article) won't cure the symptoms.
>
> It's highly unlikely that I'm actually going to be able to help you
> with this, but in trying to write functions that run over *all* the
> messages in a group I've usually had to start them like this:
>
> (defun  th-gnus-summary-exprire-old-lowscore-articles (group)
>   (interactive (list (gnus-group-group-name)))
>   (let ((gnus-large-newsgroup nil))
>     (gnus-summary-read-group group t t nil)
>
> That at least ensures that all the available messages are present in
> the *Summary* buffer.

I'm afraid, that doesn't help, because "all available messages" doesn't
equal "there are no false roots in threads", and those seem to be the
culprit for my code. :-(

But still, I can use your code in order to run my command from *Group*
instead of summary...

Thanks,
Tassilo