Subject: Re: bug#39618: 28.0.50; gnus nnimap reports more group articles than actually exist

From: Eric Abrahamsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:44:28 -0700

Deus Max <[email-masked]> writes:

[...]

> Clearing the.newsrc is not the best solution, as it also clear other
> useful info, such as group levels.
>
> Perhaps, there could be a function -for the nnimap backend- to
> reset the article counts for a specific group or server?

If it's just happening in a few problem groups, I think you could edit
the group info ("G E") and just delete the marks for that group in
particular. That would still require a little care, but be less drastic
than clearing.newsrc.eld altogether, and ought to achieve the same
effect.