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Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:

> normal face does appear but only on articles that have absolutely no
> marks.  So if you tick several articles because they appear
> interesting, you loose the warning that those articles are unavailable
> while offline.

Still haven't tried Simons patch, but will shortly...

Kevin, wouldn't it make more sense to use summary-format to provide
warning as to [un]downloaded status?  Using the face overpowers
potentially usefull faces on undownloaded messages in groups where
the user doesn't intend to download but does intend to read.