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Emerick Rogul <emerick@cs.bu.edu> writes:

> After I read all of the messages in a Slashdot group (or as many as I
> can bear to :-) I usually do a "catchup all" so the group isn't
> displayed anymore.  But these empty groups are still being saved in my
> .newsrc.eld file, and it's getting bigger.  For regular newsgroups
> this is fine, but slashdot topics eventually end...it'd be nice if
> slashdot groups could automagically expire or otherwise disappear
> completely after a period of time.

Hm.  I just have them in a topic of their own, and once in a while I
process-mark that topic and run `M-x gnus-group-delete-groups' on
them.  Works fer me.

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