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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> wrote:
> I think I was thinking of nnchoke-request-group, but that isn't really
> called until the group is entered.  Hm.  Could we extend
> nnchoke-request-list perhaps?  If the backend knows the total number
> of articles in the group it can report it.  It should be a optional
> parameter.

We could use -retrieve-groups.  There, the backend already has the
option of providing this information, or not.  So Gnus could use that
count, if it's given, or estimate if it's not.


paul