Re: retaining marked articles in summary buffer?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Feb 25 2017,Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>> Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I usually mark articles that I want to read later with a * and it
>>> stays in the group, which is fine.  However they disappear as new new
>>> articles come in and I have to get them back by hitting Y c .  Is there
>>> a way to keep them in the summary buffer but the usual expiry of non
>>> marked articles happen?
>>
>> I usually tick the articles, with "!". Does that work the way you want?
>>
>>
>
>
> Right, what's the difference between * and ! then?  I was told to use
> * a few years back.  I believe I mentioned that I wanted to keep the
> article around indefinitely

I really don't know, unfortunately... I think all the cache does is say
"keep a local copy of this message". Not necessarily, "I want this
message visible at all times". From what I've seen, using ! also keeps a
local copy, and keeps it visible. I don't know the difference in intent
between the two.

Eric