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Jaap-Henk Hoepman <hoepman@cs.utwente.nl> writes:

> What I would really love to see is a group/topic parameter called,
> say, group-type with two possible values 'mail-group and
> 'news-group.

This sounds workable...

> - all articles (read and unread) are visible (e.g. like (display . all))
> - the first unread article is selected when opening

This is the default, isn't it?

> - the group is always visible (e.g. like (visible . t))
> - replies are Gcc:-ed to the current group (gcc-self . t)
> - will have auto-expire off (auto-expire . nil)

Well, er, why?  auto-expire only makes sense in mail groups...

> - will immediately expire all expirable articles (expiry-wait . immediate)

I don't like that much.

> - all mark commands move to the next article, be it read or unread
>         (the current default is to move to the next unread article)
> - set display to threaded mode

But that's the default?

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