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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Eze Ogwuma <typhoon@dircon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > I don't know if you've quite understood what is happening here:
> > 
> > 1. I enter the group
> > 2. Gnus generates a Summary buffer (without selecting the first article)
> > 3. _Then_ I select an article.
> 
> I understand perfectly.  If the group contains 17000 articles,
> selecting the first article will be Slow.

Oh. Sorry.

Could you please tell me why this is the case.

-- 
Eze Ogwuma