Re: Keeping multiple imap-and-nntp-based gnusae in sync

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>> Has anyone invented a procedure for sync-ing marks and article statuses
>> across multiple versions of gnus?
>
> For IMAP, the server should keep all state, for NNTP you have to sync
> .newsrc.eld or similar.  If the IMAP server doesn't support
> client-specific flags, Gnus specific flags (e.g., expired and dormant)
> won't be synced either.  Read flags should definitely be synced
> though.  Does it help to press M-g before entering a group?  Did you
> mean they weren't synced in the group buffer (unread article count),
> or in the summary buffer?  The former is a known bug, but the latter
> should work.

Yes, I was confused by the unread article count in the group buffer.
The actual read and unread articles indeed show up properly in the
summary buffer.

With regard to the gnus-specific flags (expired, dormant, etc.) and the
nntp state: is it sufficient that I sync `.newsrc.eld', or do I have to
sync other items, as well? ... what about `.newsrc' (without the `.eld'
suffix)?

Thanks for your help.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com