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>>>>> Sam Falkner <samf@central.sun.com>:

> When I first switched to Gnus, I too worried quite a bit about
> message numbers and compacting them.  I guess it came from my mh
> background, where such things were easy to do.  Also, I would never
> have dreamed of turning on total-expire.  Yikes!

> Now I couldn't care less about the filenames of the mail messages
> that I'm reading (using nnml).  I'm also much happier with
> total-expire turned on.

This mirrors my own experience almost exactly.  Same background, same
scepticism, same desires, and the same conclusions.