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Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:

> Ah, I should have thought of the error trace, and it turns out this *is*
> my convoluted setup.
>
> I had added :after advice to 'gnus-summary-update-info. The noble
> purpose of this was to mark everything as read in RSS and similar groups
> to expedite expiration, and for my inbox, to count unread messages and
> store the count to work in conjunction with my versions of biffer and
> biff barks.

Well I don't really understand what any of that means, but I'm glad you
found the source of the problem :)

> But I should know by now that advising functions can have unintended
> consequences. Normally I find them and fix them but this one eluded
> me--- until now.
>
> Perhaps it's feeble but I offer the excuse that gnus is --- ahem --- a
> bit complex. I've always been able to get it to do everything I want,
> and at the same time a number of things that I don't want.

Is there anything in here where you think Gnus could make your life easier?