[gnu.emacs.gnus] articles marked as unread don't behave properly

jeff@stormy.atmos.washington.edu (Jeff Bowden) (10/09/88)

When an article is marked as unread (i.e. it had a 'D' in front of it and I
press 'u' to un-mark it) it still behaves as though it has been read (e.g.
'p' and 'n' won't find it as an unread article).  This behavior is different
from the previous version of gnus.

umerin@UUNET.UU.NET (Masanobu UMEDA) (10/13/88)

   Date: 8 Oct 88 22:40:30 GMT
   From: flab!fgw!uunet!beaver.cs.washington.edu!stormy.atmos.washington.edu!jeff  (Jeff Bowden)
   Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks

   When an article is marked as unread (i.e. it had a 'D' in front of it and I
   press 'u' to un-mark it) it still behaves as though it has been read (e.g.
   'p' and 'n' won't find it as an unread article).  This behavior is different
   from the previous version of gnus.

The command, mark an article as unread, is intended to keep in mind
that the article is read once, but it must be read someday again.

I often use this feature, and I'm usually interested in NEW news, but
not old news (marked as read). This is why articles marked as unread
are skipped over by `n' and `p'.

The next version of GNUS, however, will have commands, `M-u' and `M-U',
for removing any kinds of marks. These will do what you want.

Masanobu UMEDA
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