Re: error with Group parameter display

[Martin Monsorno <monsorno@gmx.de>]

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

> Martin Monsorno <monsorno@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Supplement: if the group contains no ticked articles, then
>>
>> - if the group contains new articles, only the new ones are shown.
>>
>> - if the group contains no new articles, all of them are shown.
>>
>> Expired articles are not shown in any of the 2 cases.
>
> This seems to be just like the default behavior, except that the
> default behavior also shows expired messages in the second case.
>

Well, the rule says: "Show me all un-expired articles." Full stop. I
would understand that as "Show me _all_ un-expired articles, in _any_
case, do not distinguish between groups containing new or unticked
articles." Or am I wrong?

> And what do you want?
>
> Maybe you need to list all of the article types you want, rather than
> using negation.
>

Well, I suppose the "error" is, that Gnus shows a different set of
articles if a group contains marked or ticked articles or if it does
not.

Sorry, I hope I have made it clear now. Thanks for your patience.

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Martin Monsorno
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