Re: jumping to invisible mail groups

[Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com> writes:
> 
> > When I want to visit my mail groups consisting of archived messages,
> > (not frequently read) I use `j' to jump to the group.  However this
> > first makes the group visible which I then need to select, and leaves
> > it visible when I'm finished reading it.  Until I use `u' on the group
> > that is.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand.  What does `u' on the group do?  Are these
> groups unsubscribed or subscribed or dead?

`u' on the group unsubscribes it as it should.  The groups are
subscribed when I run the `u' on them.  This isn't a problem,
rather it's that I don't want to have to go through the whole process
of subscribing to a mail group, reading the messages I want to read in
it, and then unsubscribing it to hide it from view.  I was looking for
a more MUA-like behavior of visiting mail groups to make things more
speedy.

A reader suggested using topic mode to leave all my mail groups
visable, but hiding the undesired groups from view with a closed 
(collapsed) topic.  I'm still investigating this as a permanent
solution, so I'd still be interested in hearing about other methods of
attack.

   Jason R. Mastaler                      jason@mastaler.com