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Shenghuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > I've seen the unlikely statement `message unexists' turn up in these
> > circumstances:
> > 
> > In agent mode  Select an undownloaded message and put the download
> > (%) mark on it.  Close group go plugged and press `J u' on that group.
> > To down load the wanted message.
> > 
> > Go unplugged again and open group, then try to open the message in
> > question.
> > 
> > That `unexists' message pops up.   I've found if I open a different
> > message then come back to the newly downloaded one, something is
> > cleared somewhere and the message opens.
> > 
> > This time I have a particularly stubborn case where the above proceedure
> > still won't open the message, and I continue to get the `unexits' message.
> > 
> > Repeated attempts at marking for download, downloading with `J u'
> > opening various messages then the questionable one, and I still get:
> > 
> > `Message unexists'   What does that unlikely statement really mean anyway.
> 
> After `J u', does the file exist in the agent directory? What is the
> article entry in .agentview ?

The special stubborn case that I posted about was cleared up by a
restart of gnus.  I didn't think to check the things you mention
before restarting.  I haven't even been able to reproduce the first
case I described, which has happened many times.  

Maybe complaining about it .. fixed it...