asterisks instead of article counts in group buffer

asterisks instead of article counts in group buffer

[Stainless Steel Rat]

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I figured out how to recreate the asterisks instead of article counts in
the group buffer, or at least for one condition.  First, the server must be
in the agent.  If the agent directories are removed (I am not sure which
files specifically), the next time Gnus starts it apparantly gets a bit
confused and shows `*' instead of unread message counts.  If you save and
quit, new agent files are generated so the problem goes away.
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Re: asterisks instead of article counts in group buffer

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> I figured out how to recreate the asterisks instead of article counts in
> the group buffer, or at least for one condition.  First, the server must be
> in the agent.  If the agent directories are removed (I am not sure which
> files specifically), the next time Gnus starts it apparantly gets a bit
> confused and shows `*' instead of unread message counts.

If you remove the Agent active file, then there's no way that the
Agent can supply Gnus with the article numbers, so having the groups
appear with *'s is the right thing to do.

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   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: asterisks instead of article counts in group buffer

[Stainless Steel Rat]

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* Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>  on Sun, 05 Dec 1999
| If you remove the Agent active file, then there's no way that the
| Agent can supply Gnus with the article numbers, so having the groups
| appear with *'s is the right thing to do.

I think there is an expectation that if Gnus is started plugged it should
be able to get the article count from the server.  If you think about it
for a bit, it becomes obvious that there is no way to ensure that the count 
will be accurate.  It just appears to be a bug and gets brought up in
gnu.emacs.gnus every now and then.
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