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Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

> 'E' does not move to the next message.  

It does when I type it.

> The most common command when reading mail is "delete this message
> and go to the next one".

Not when using Gnus.  In Gnus, as in any decent newsreader, the most
common command is "show next page of this message, or if at the last
page, show first page of the next message and mark it read, or if we
are at the last message, show the first message of the next group and
mark it read, or if we are at the last group, exit to the group list".
It happens to be bound to the biggest key on the keyboard.  Expiring
messages are handled by the news server, or by Gnus setting one of the
"expire" group parameters.

It is correct that the traditional mail reader usage is different, but
if you are using Gnus as you use traditional mail readers, you aren't
using it as it was designed to be used.

Either you adopt the "mail is news" way of thinking, or you will have
to fight Gnus all the way.