Re: gnus forgets new mail

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

> / Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) was heard to say:
>
> | Yes.  Please have a look at the newsgroup data (type `G E' (not `G
> | e')).  Also have a look at the active file, and at the overview file
> | (if there is one).
>
> Well, `G E' reports:
>
> ;;; Editing the group info for `nnml:misc'.
> ;; Type `C-c C-c' after you've finished editing.
>
> ("nnml:misc" 2
>  ((1 . 4669)) [...]
>
> which may be more meaningful to you than to me. The active file says:

I think it means that 1 through 4669 are marked as read.

> mercury:~/Mail$ grep misc active
> misc 4669 1 y

I think this says that the lowest article number is 1 and the highest
is 4669.

> The .overview file is more than 1Mb so I won't attach it hear. The
> first message in the .overview is 1; the last is 4669.

Good.

> | I'm guessing that Gnus thinks articles up to N are read, but the new
> | articles get numbers less than N.
>
> Yeah, that's what I thought too. But the active file seems to be
> up-to-date.

Hm.  So when a new message is added to the group, it gets number
4670, and is marked as read?

Strange, strange.

kai
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