From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4808 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: ancient articles Date: 31 Mar 2005 19:13:35 +0100 Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670697 24944 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:24:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:34:20 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed.gazeta.pl!newsfeed.tpinternet.pl!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!easynet-quince!easynet.net!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!peernews.mcc.ac.uk!cs.man.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Sender: phillord@rpc71.cs.man.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: rpc71.cs.man.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: wapping.cs.man.ac.uk 1112292815 31828 130.88.198.228 (31 Mar 2005 18:13:35 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@wapping.cs.man.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:13:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.93 Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4949 Original-Lines: 36 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4949 Tue Jan 17 17:34:20 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4808 Archived-At: >>>>> "Reiner" == Reiner Steib writes: Reiner> On Thu, Mar 31 2005, Phillip Lord wrote: >> Quite a few of my emails are marked as ancient (with an A). >> >> Can any one tell me:- >> >> 1) What is an ancient email? >> 2) How does this mark happen? Reiner> "A" isn't ancient: Reiner> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Read Articles") ] | `O' | Articles that Reiner> were marked as read in previous sessions and are now | "old" Reiner> (`gnus-ancient-mark'). `---- Sorry, typo. O for ancient, A for answered. Reiner> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Other Marks") ] | * All articles that Reiner> you have replied to or made a followup to (i.e., | have Reiner> answered) will be marked with an `A' in the second column | Reiner> (`gnus-replied-mark'). `---- >> 3) How do I remove it, and just have them expirable like other >> things. Reiner> (info "(gnus)Setting Marks") Do you have any idea why they appear though? I am trying to determine if there is any specific semantics to being ancient. Cheers Phil