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Magnus Henoch <mange@freemail.hu> writes:

> reader@newsguy.com writes:
>
>> I want to scan a group for certain author and take action on messages
>> found. 
>
> Does '/ a' (gnus-summary-limit-to-author) do what you want?

Only if it can be done as the agent downloads messages or in some way
be automated.