Matthias Hertel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'd like to configure Gnus to make reading debian-users somewhat > newsgroup-like, ie. all messages that are read (as opposed to unread, > ticked, or dormant) should be deleted from my disk after three days.
This is a common concern and source of confusion, and I include myself among the confused. First of all, Xemacs20 and Emacs20 (unstable, potato versions) use different versions of gnus *and* different versions of the gnus info manual -- so be *sure* you're looking at the info doc that corresponds to the gnus that's actually running. (The main gnus info pages metion their versions, and M-x gnus-version will display the version your current emacs is using.) If you're focusing on Pterodactyl gnus, there has been some recent discussion about auto-expiring on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list (and you really *should* be subscribed to that list if you're testing Pterodactyl). There's a searchable ding mailing list archive at http://www.gnus.org/list-archives/ding/ which might prove helpful. > I thought that setting the following group parameters for my > debian-users group would accomplish this [...] > But it doesn't. [...] I don't use auto-expire or total-expire myself (I prefer to 'E'-tag, the messages I want to expire), but I do have the following in my .gnus file: (setq nnmail-expiry-wait 2) ;; delete mail two days after it was (E)xpired (default was 7 days) ... so maybe you should see what nnmail-expiry-wait is for you? [...] > A somewhat related problem: Normally read and dormant messages are > hidden from the summary buffer. How do I *temporarily* make them > visible? Try C-u SPC in the *Group* buffer. Good luck.
