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Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br> writes:

> But functions that may take a long time to run, such as entering a
> large group, should have well-defined interrupt points or be safe to
> interrupt, otherwise people may lose e-mail like I have :-(

Entering a large group does in fact have a well-defined interrupt
point.  You just explained the exact reason why Gnus asks you for
confirmation when selecting a large group.

If you confirm this, or set gnus-large-newsgroup to nil, then you are
intentionally allowing the very well defined interrupt-safe time to
pass.  If you do that, then you should let the subsequent code finish
nicely.

-- 
Justin Sheehy

In a cloud bones of steel.