GNU bug report logs - #34502
Ask yourself, am I generating a NEW .overview file?

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:32:02 UTC

Severity: minor

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: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 34502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34502: Ask yourself, am I generating a NEW .overview file?
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:16:48 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
LI> As you receive emails, the .overview file will get the entries from that
LI> mail, and will keep growing.  Is that what you're seeing?

So that explains how "all the old mail disappears when the first new
mail arrives."

Therefore gnus should be sure to check before blindly creating a new
.overview file, just like I said at the top of this bug.
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