From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69756 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Phantom message 14 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:54:19 +0800 Message-ID: <87pqzdt3zo.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87pqzfv929.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1277618159 15506 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2010 05:55:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:55:59 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M18147@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Jun 27 07:55:56 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OSkqP-0008Gy-Id for ding-account@gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:55:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OSkpF-00081i-NE; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:54:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OSkp8-00081Q-Hk for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:54:34 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OSkp7-0008Gd-3d for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:54:34 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1OSkp4-0006A2-00 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:54:30 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OSkp3-0007vl-FH for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:54:29 +0200 Original-Received: from 123.121.242.167 ([123.121.242.167]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:54:29 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 123.121.242.167 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:54:29 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 123.121.242.167 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7V8nejyW2xbXPAv1jdLb+2Nvhgo= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69756 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > I'm trying to compact my Sent messages group, (nnml mail numbers > currently run from 7112 to 10300) and every time I do gnus tells me > that it can't delete message 14. There is no message 14. It starts the > compacting process, writes a blank message to 1, then says there's no > message 14. > > So far as I know, the active file in this backend and the .newsrc.eld > file are the only two places where gnus could be getting information > about existing messages. I've killed emacs, made sure the relevant line > in the active file reads: > > Sent 10300 7112 y > > and that .newsrc.eld doesn't have a 14 in it, then restarted emacs and > gnus. Again, the complaint about message 14. After I've done this, gnus > rewrites the active file to read: > > Sent 10300 14 y > > I just don't know why. Where else could this 14 be coming from? > References from other messages? Hidden configuration files? Can anyone > give me a logical place to start looking, before I turn to voodoo? > > Thank you, > Eric Still don't know where the 14 was coming from, but after looking in the source code for a bit I went into the Sent group, popped (14 . "14") off the nnml-file-article-alist variable, returned to the *Group* buffer, and successfully compacted the group without, so far as I can tell, any lost or mis-filed messages.