Re: cache shadows postings after article number reset

[Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>]

Kevin Greiner <kevin.greiner@vignette.com> writes:

> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> one of my newsservers recently reset article numbers. For a particular
>> group, the numbers are in the 500,000-510,000 range, but from the "old
>> times", I have an article in the 800,000 range in the cache for that
>> group. Any new articles arriving with a lower number aren't shown by
>> Gnus.
>>
>> Are there any settings I can change to overcome this? Or can I just
>> "move down" article numbers in the cache? Do I need to regenerate
>> indexes or something after renaming for instance 876,543 to 12,345?
>
> A couple of options exist.
>
> The easiest is to simply delete the agent directory for the group.
> You'll loose all of your off-line content.

Not agentised, but articles cached (saved, archived) with the [*] key.

> The next harder is to open the agent directory.  Delete the file named
> .overview then rename each article file to its new number.  When
> you're done, go to the summary buffer, position point on the group in
> question then enter M-x gnus-agent-regenerate-group<ret>.  This will
> preserve your off-line articles but you have to fetch the active
> headers.

Will consider that next time. Thanks.

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Matthias Andree