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Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> Try reading NEWS with Gnus for a while with async prefetch enabled,
> then type M-x edit-itimers.
> I have about 400 itimers of the type..
> 
> "itimer-<62>"           0.1       nil   gnus-async-prefetch yes    ("nntp+sunsite.auc.dk:emacs.ding" 14229 #<killed buffer>)

Gnus uses `run-with-idle-timer' to run stuff.  Perhaps Gnus should
cancel them as it goes along?  Fix in Pterodactyl Gnus v0.99.

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