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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> It seems that gnus-agent mostly operates on
> gnus-newsgroup-downloadable.  But I had trouble finding the spot
> where this variable is set!  And I checked it from time to time (eg,
> after new mail had arrived), and it was always nil!
>
> I'm getting confused.  Help?

gnus-newsgroup-* are set in gnus-sum if I recall correctly (see
e.g. gnus-update-marks).  It is not set directly, but the variable
name is format'ed up and then set.