Subject: bug#34473: Discuss "old/ancient" articles more

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:07:25 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:

> In (info "(gnus) Read Articles") one reads about
>
> ‘O’
>      Articles that were marked as read in previous sessions and are now
>      “old” (‘gnus-ancient-mark’).
>
> Well you need to say more:
>
> * How do discover if one has "old/ancient" articles.
> (Say tip: Use 99999 RET to enter a (e.g., nnml) group, instead of just RET.)

The section about entering groups says that.

> * What "old/ancient" articles are.

That's what that says: Articles marked as read in previous sessions.

> * How to prevent them from accruing.

There's no way.

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