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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:

> Furthermore there are other instances in which Gnus will repeatedly use the
> request-group call on a single group. If i use M-g on a topic or use the
> process mark or prefix args to activate a bunch of groups, for example.

`M-g' on a topic is the same as `M-g' on each indiviual group in the
topic.  `*-request-group' and the active file often disagree on what
the active range is, so doing `*-retrieve-groups' here would be the
wrong thing to do.

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