From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14007 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Remembering read mail Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:57:13 +0800 Message-ID: <87eigdpi4m.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87d3vxzx73.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276279072 8661 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2010 17:57:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:57:52 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 11 19:57:50 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON8UG-00039m-2h for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:57:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59925 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ON8UF-0005Qm-DQ for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48807 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ON8UB-0005NK-MM for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON8U0-0002hL-Fe for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:33 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:50928) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON8U0-0002gi-7o for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON8Ts-0002xW-Oz for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:57:24 +0200 Original-Received: from 123.121.211.216 ([123.121.211.216]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:57:24 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 123.121.211.216 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:57:24 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 123.121.211.216 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TuK40CJb6sVGsHH3HnP+hFn49Yc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14007 Archived-At: Frank Schmitt writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> One thing stopping me is the article summary list. I'm finding it very >> confusing to look at, largely because the "read" status of messages is >> not remembered between Gnus invocations. Every time I open the group all >> the messages are unmarked. As I read them they turn bright blue-green >> and get a "R" in the margin. Next time I open the group they're all >> unmarked again. > > That shouldn't happen. Normally, the next time you enter the group, all > previously read message should be hidden and the information, that they > have been read remembered. > > Could it be, that you exit Gnus by just closing the Emacs window instead > of shutting down Gnus with the 'q'-Key in summary buffer? In this case > it might happen, that Gnus doesn't write to disk and loses all information... Thanks very much to both of you, that was it! I was using 'q' occasionally, usually just C-x k. That clears up another mystery—why some of the messages would occasionally seem to disappear… Thanks again, hopefully I can take it from here. E