Re: read messages becoming unread in nnml

[Julien Cubizolles]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>
>> Julien Cubizolles <j.cubizolles@free.fr> writes:
>
>>> For years now I've experienced this strange behaviour: running
>>> gnus-group-get-new-news or restarting gnus changes the status of read
>>> messages in nnml groups: some read messages become unread. It doesn't
>>> happen in the nntp and nnimap groups I'm using.
>
>> Yeah, I've experienced things like that many times, I haven't been
>> able to deduct if it has happened exclusively for nnml though.
>
> Weird, I never see that. I wonder what the difference is. The only
> "weird" thing I can think of in my setup is that I don't use the agent.

I use it to, but not for nnml groups.

> Can either of you reproduce the problem?

I just changed some settings regarding the dribble file. I'll check if
things improve.


> Do you quit Gnus before stopping Emacs?
Yes, through:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun exit-gnus-on-exit ()
  (if (and (fboundp 'gnus-group-exit)
           (gnus-alive-p))
      (with-current-buffer (get-buffer "*Group*")
        (let (gnus-interactive-exit)
          (gnus-group-exit)))))

(add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'exit-gnus-on-exit)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---