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Paul Franklin <paul@cs.washington.edu> writes:

> Hmm.  How about this:
> 
> * Gnus asks you for permission to move them out of the way when it
>   detects this problem.
> * It records the directory they were moved to in the group parameters,
>   along with a group count.
> * There's a command to explicitly visit the old cached articles, based
>   on the record in the group parameters.
> * It waits until enough articles have expired on the server that
>   these articles and others cached can be safely renumbered and placed
>   all back in the individual group.

Much too much work for a rather obscure problem, in my opinion.

> (These functions might also help with server migration, which has been
> discussed but seems to be another one of those things that happens
> occasionally enough that it isn't worth much effort.)

When migrating properly between servers, the cached articles should be
renumbered properly.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen