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Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> Gnus could be more helpful.  Something like:
> 
> (when (< last-article-number-on-server last-read-article-number)

The problem here is that `last-article-number-on-server' is something
that may not be all that reliable.  For instance, I sometimes switch
between having `gnus-read-active-file' set to t, `some' and nil.  On
the nntp server I use, all these three return differing data.
(Vaguely differing.)  So this test would routinely trigger for me.

Being asked to nuke all the data in this situation would not be
helpful, since many people always answer "yes" to questions they do
not ask.  And that would be disasterous in this situation.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen