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

[Dan Espen <dane@mk.telcordia.com>]

Dan Espen <dane@mk.telcordia.com> writes:

> Dan Espen <dane@mk.telcordia.com> writes:
> 
> > those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net> writes:
> > 
> > > <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.)
> > 
> > Yes, I removed both.
...
> Kai suggests:
> 
> > > My guess is that my login is timing out and plain "g" isn't enough
> > > to get gnus to login in.
> > 
> > Does it help to kill the corresponding server buffer?  It might be
> > named " *nntpd*" or " *server foo*".  Note the leading space in the
> > buffer name.  You can use C-x k to kill the buffer.

Killing the buffers didn't help.

> It might help, I'll try it when my connection times out, but
> obviously, I shouldn't have to do that.
> 
> Scott G observes:
> 
> > > When I enter L, I see all my groups, but the unread counts are zero.
> > > Its only after I read a message in a group with messages, then exit
> > > that group to go back to the group buffer, and then press "g" that
> > > all the other groups show unread messages.
> >
> > I have a similar problem, which I can usually fix by going to each
> > group and hitting M-g on it.  Does that help for you?
> 
> I'll try that too, but it doesn't sound like the right solution either.

That works.  It doesn't seem very user friendly, but it does do the job.