Re: Gnus: always seeing old articles when entering an imap folder

[poppyer <poppyer@gmail.com>]

Another question about this.
When I use Ctrl-u to enter a large folder
it will ask me to key in how many articles I want to view
is there any way to pre-set this variable? say 100, such that I don't
need to key in it every time?

Ferran Jorba <Ferran.Jorba@uab.cat> writes:

> Hi Joel,
> 
> > You're not losing old messages. By default Gnus only displays unread
> > messages when it enters a group. This is fundamental Gnus
> > functionality and is true (and intuitive) for newsgroups, but
> > sometimes surprises people for mail folders.
> 
> As I wrote, yes, I know to type `/ o', and my phrase `without loosing'
> caused confusion.  But as my inbox holds much of my workflow, I very
> often have to go to already read messages. 
> 
> > Look in the manual for how to enter groups such that old messages are
> > displayed.
> 
> Rémi suggested `C u' before entering my inbox, and works well.  Even
> when I refresh my inbox with `C u / o'.  Myself, I couldn't find it in
> the manual, although I tried.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ferran

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