Re: Counting articles in my inbox

[Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra@cwi.nl>]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> wp_gibbons@yahoo.co.uk (ArrowHunter) writes:
> 
> > Is it possible to make the article count in the "Groups" buffer of
> > gnus display the actual number of articles I have in my mailbox,
> > rather than the larger number it claims is there?
> 
> Yes, it is possible.  It is, however, not easy and requires to fix
> the Gnus source code to allow it.
> 
> Hundreds, nay, thousands, of people would be thankful to you if you
> would do the work!

Make that thousands plus one.

Hee, wait a minute...  my .gnus actually contains the code to do this:

;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Renumbering.
;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------

;; The idea is as follows.  From the group buffer, enter a mail group
;; (C-u <ret>).  Select all articles (M P b) and move the articles to
;; a not yet existing temporary mail group (B m).  Now, exit the group
;; and kill it (C-k) in the group buffer.  Exit gnus (q).  Manually
;; kill the file(s) of the group and remove its line from the active
;; file.  Restart Gnus.  Enter the temporary group (C-u <ret>), select
;; all (M P b) and move all (B m) to the original group which is then
;; created anew.  Now, exit the temporary group (q) and kill it (C-k),
;; subscribe to the original group (F) and exit gnus (q).  Delete the
;; file(s) of the temporary group and remove its line from the active
;; file.  Voila the group is renumbered.

Lute.

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