Re: Using giganews, "g" doesn't update message counts

[those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net>]

<icofflvyob.fsf@bgp488938bgs.summit01.nj.comcast.net> divulged:
>those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net> writes:
>> <icsn4xweec.fsf@bgp488938bgs.summit01.nj.comcast.net> divulged:

>> >My cable provider recently switched me to Giganews 
>> 
>> when they did that did you follow the steps outlined in the `changing
>> servers' node of the manual?  if not your problem likely stems from the
>> different article numbering.
>
>No, its not message renumbering, I suspected I'd have a problem
>with message numbers so I deleted my .newsrc.eld and started over.

did you remove .newsrc too?  (gnus will use it if the .eld file is
missing.)

if that's not it then you'll need to enable logging, i.e., (setq
nntp-record-commands t) then look in or post the *nntp-log* buffer.  (if
you post don't forget to remove/redact any authentication details.)

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