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

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> > Start gnus ... use `c' (catchup) to mark all nntp  groups as read.
> > Press `g' to varify group readedness
> > Go unplugged (`J j')  Then accidently - on purpose, hit 'g'
> > Go plugged (`J j') hit `g'
> > 
> > On my end, all or nearly all nntp groups will now show hundreds of
> > unread messages. 
> 
> I don't get this.  It kinda sounds like the first `g' you did didn't
> result in the agent's active file getting updated.  Is that the case?

That was it  yes.  I discovered why this was happening when I started
using some functions you posted a while back telling how to start 2
gnus, one off-line, one on-line.  The interplay between the two
depends on the active file being read by both.   So changing that
setting from nil  fixed both.