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Subject: Re: gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups clears nnml too
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Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

> Ouch!  nnml groups should not be tied to an nntp server.  nnml
> groups also should not have their readedness information/marks,
> etc. cleared if the group is (accidentally) unsubscribed.
> 
> I would propose an additional control file (.groupinfo) to go along
> with .overview in each nnml group to fix both problems.

You mean that the backend should also store what messages have been
read and so on?  Well, that would make sense, I guess.  Once labels
(and stuff) have been implemented, this'll be easy enough to add.

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