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Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:

> This patch make all articles eligible for agent download, filtered
> only by predicates, instead of the hardcoded algorithm that choses
> what to download from unread articles only.
> 
> Any agent users that care to verify that this doesn't break anything?

I'd like to try this out but I'm not real clear what to expect.  What
does this mean in practice?  (`filtered only by predicates') No agent
score involved?  Still requires marking with % if read?