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Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com> writes:

> Not keeping records of some things (like an active file) can sometimes
> be useful.  I specifically use nnmh so I can read all my mail outside
> Gnus if I want.  Back to the issue of a new backend.  Being ignorant
> of the design issues involved, I'll ask why not just give the user the
> choice of adding the unseen sequences file functionality to the
> current backend(s) if she wants to use it?

There's nobody stopping anyone from adding such functionality.  :-)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen