From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNUs group article counts
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:27:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ziqmgn2f.fsf@nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lh26fado.fsf@torysa.worldsendless> (Tory S. Anderson's message of "Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:46:43 -0600")
On Wed, Jun 15 2016, Tory S. Anderson wrote:
> I have done some massive expiry work on some of my groups, to where
> now an exhaustive list of messages shows something like 1100; however,
> when in group view and I tell it to enter the group, it is still
> telling me to choose up to 10x that number. I want to make sure I am
> clearing disc space and really optimizing things; how can I make the
> count correct, or do I need to do something more than expiration?
The problem is that the number that is 10x is calculated as
highest article number minus lowest article number
So just removing articles in the middle doesn't change it.
There is a "global" command that I used once (but forgot its name)
that eliminates the holes in the numbers.
allan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-15 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-15 20:46 GNUs group article counts Tory S. Anderson
2016-06-15 21:27 ` allan gottlieb [this message]
2016-06-15 21:37 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-06-15 21:28 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.1567.1466026052.1216.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-06-16 3:05 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-06-17 4:31 ` allan gottlieb
2016-07-22 3:20 ` gnus-group-compact-group and expiry allan gottlieb
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