Re: HELP! HELP! HELP!

[Peter Davis <pd@world.std.com>]

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kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) wrote in 
news:84brzknbzu.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de:

> Peter Davis <pd@world.std.com> writes:
> 
>> Well, I *thought* that was it.  However, I'm now seeing some very
>> weird behavior.  Specifically:
>>
>> 1) I fetch new mail.  This appears to work normally, and all the
>>    appropriate groups have unread message counts in the *Group*
>>    buffer.
> 
> 
>> 2) I enter a group, and the number of messages in the *Summary* buffer
>>    doesn't match the message count.  For example, the new message
>>    count said 5 new messages, but only 1 is displayed in the summary
>>    buffer (and no, it's not a collapsed thread).
> 
> Given that these counts are (bad) estimates anyway, I'm not surprised.
> 
> Does C-u RET show all articles as it is supposed to do?
> 
>> 3) I hit 'n' on that message, and another message gets added to the
>>    *Summary* buffer.  Continuing to type 'n' continues to add messages
>>    to the *Summary*.
> 
> Hm.  There was a variable for auto-extending groups like this.  Hm.
> I can't find that variable, though.  Anyone?
> 
>> 4) At some point, 'n' stops adding messages, and starts simply jumping
>>    the cursor around among the various displayed articles.  However
>>    ... the display in the *Article* buffer *doesn't* match the line in
>>    the *Summary* buffer, and I can't get them to match.
> 
> `g' should do the right thing.  But I've also seen `n' jumping around.

Thanks again, Kai.  I'll try this again, re-creating the Active file from 
scratch.  It's entirely possible that the old one didn't quite match the 
folder structure anymore.

Thanks!

-pd



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