Re: This bug is killing me!

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:

> Could you check if it works for you if you enable propagating marks?
>
> ,----[ C-h v gnus-propagate-marks RET ]
> | gnus-propagate-marks is a variable defined in `gnus-sum.el'.
> | Its value is t
> | Original value was nil
> | 
> | Documentation:
> | If non-nil, Gnus will store and retrieve marks from the backends.
> | This means that marks will be stored both in .newsrc.eld and in
> | the backend, and will slow operation down somewhat.
> | 
> | You can customize this variable.
> | 
> | [back]
> `----
>
> BTW: I think, that the default of this variable should be t nowadays,
> where it's pretty common that people use different clients for accessing
> their mail (Gnus on "real" computers, Whatever on their phones, the web
> interfaces of their mail providers, etc.).


I just tried setting that to true, and all the unread counts on my nntp
groups (which I access only via Gnus), became wrong (as in much too
high). Does this mean there is stale info in the backend that I need to
regenerate or delete?

Robert