Re: Messages marked as ancient without apparent reason

Re: Messages marked as ancient without apparent reason

[William F Hammond]

Andreas Goesele <goesele@hfph.mwn.de> writes:

> Every now and then (mostly on weekends?) *part* (the majority) of the
> older but *not* read messages are marked as ancient with an O. This is
> strange for two reasons: 1. I neither read them nor marked them as
> read. 2. If I enter a group without prefix I normally don't see any
> ancient messages, I have to enter C-u before entering to see the
> ancient messages.
>
> I don't have any explanation for that behaviour and really would like
> to get rid of it. Any pointer to an explanation would be welcome!

What is your setup?

For example,

1.  What protocol for mail pickup, i.e., "imap", or "pop", or
    "webmail", ...?

2.  What gnus mail backend are you using?

3.  Is it correct that you are NOT running gnus as system
    administrator?

                                    -- Bill

Re: Messages marked as ancient without apparent reason

[Michael Welle]

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Goesele <goesele@hfph.mwn.de> writes:

> Hi!
>
> I had asked this question before, I have looked through the google
> archives, I have studied the manual but I don't find an answer to a
> problem I have had right from the time I started to use gnus up to
> 5.10.6:
>
> Every now and then (mostly on weekends?) *part* (the majority) of the
> older but *not* read messages are marked as ancient with an O. This is
> strange for two reasons: 1. I neither read them nor marked them as
> read. 2. If I enter a group without prefix I normally don't see any
> ancient messages, I have to enter C-u before entering to see the
> ancient messages.
have you solved the problem? I am aware of the problem since my
transition from an external news server to a local leafnode. I guess
there is an interdependency. Any hints are greatly appreciated.

Michael

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