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24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles

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Message #11 received at 9958 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 9958 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9958: 24.0.91;
	Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:13:17 +0100

On 2012-01-06 20:04 +0100, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de> writes:
>
>> While this probably makes sense, there should be an easy way to clear
>> the cache and free up disk space.  I ended up running
>>
>> find ~/News/agent -name "[0-9]*" -delete
>>
>> which is not what people should have to do, IMHO.
>
> If you're using the Agent, then saying `M-x gnus-agent-expire' once in a
> while is required (if you want stuff to be removed).  Doesn't that work?

Apparently not, since gnus-agent-expire has been in my
gnus-exit-gnus-hook for several years, long before
gnus-agent-store-article was invented.

Cheers,
       Sven

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