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Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

> I'm looking for a single gnus function which looks more or less like
> this:
> 
>   (gnus-generic-mark-article SERVER GROUP ARTICLE MARK)
> 
> It would put the specified MARK on the specified ARTICLE within the
> specified GROUP on the specified back-end SERVER.  It would be
> buffer-safe and thread-safe in the sense that it could be called from
> within any gnus buffer and any context, and it would set the specified
> mark without disturbing its current buffer or any of its context.

No such function exists.  For instance, the actions taken for a group
that has an active summary buffer would be very different than for a
group without one.

Such a function would be quite useful, though.

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