GNU bug report logs - #34473
Discuss "old/ancient" articles more

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:22:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 5.13

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34473: Discuss "old/ancient" articles more
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:07:25 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> 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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