From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9087 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: poppyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Gnus: always seeing old articles when entering an imap folder Date: 06 Jun 2007 13:30:39 +0100 Organization: University Of Oxford, England Message-ID: References: <87zm3ebifk.fsf@pfff.si.uab.es> <87ira11fv9.fsf@pfff.si.uab.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181133771 15334 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 12:42:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:42:51 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 14:42:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hvuqc-00045h-IG for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:42:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvuqc-0004dC-4t for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:42:46 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: clpc78.comlab.ox.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk 1181133040 14260 163.1.27.212 (6 Jun 2007 12:30:40 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@ox.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:30:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Emacs Gnus Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79271 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9087 Archived-At: 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 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 --