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>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>:

>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>:
>> My problem, is that a normal
>> g
>> in the *Group* buffer no longer updates the unread number on the NNTP
>> groups on the primary server (I only have this one NNTP server).
>> After the get command I see the text "nntp read: 15k" for a while in
>> the minibuffer, until it moves on to the secondary servers (nnml and
>> an nnimap server).

>> I can update the NNTP groups individually with
>> M-g
>> but that is impractical in the long run.

> Actually it updates the NNTP groups on 
> 	g
> (ie. it increases the article count), but a
> 	M-g
> shows even more articles.

> To be fair I've only actually observed this in a single NNTP group.

This rang a bell, and looking in the ~/.newsrc.eld file, I have found
that I have both an "nntp+news.eunet.no:no.alt.motorsykler", and a
"no.alt.motorsykler".

Now the questions are:
 1. how did the first group appear?
 2. can I merge them, or do I need to delete them both, and
    resubscribe?