Lowering score exponentially using crossposting info doesn't work

[Edvard Majakari]

Hi,

I know this is in the FAQ. Actually I remember I used this recipe a long time
ago, and I tried to add it again to my ~/News/all.SCORE. It contains the
following: 
 
((decay 732091)
 ("subject"
  ("\\<\\(make\\|fast\\|big\\)\\s-*\\(money\\|cash\\|bucks?\\)\\>" -1000 nil r)
  ("$$$$" -1000 nil s)
  ("^..[^a-z]+$" -1 nil R)
  ("$" -1 nil s)
  ("!" -1 nil s)
  ("!!" -2 nil s)
  ("!!!" -4 nil s)
  ("!!!!" -8 nil s)
  ("!!!!!" -16 nil s)
  ("please ignore" -500 nil s)
  ("^test$" -500 nil e)
  ;;; positive scores
  ("ANN" 1 nil s)
)
 ("xref"
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -2 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -4 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -8 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -16 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -32 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -64 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -128 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -256 
nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" 
-512 nil r)
  ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ 
\\S-+" -1024 nil r)))

I know the score file is read and applied, because those exclamation-sign
scorings work. However, no message cross-posted posted to more than 3 groups
get their score lowered, even though I see no reason why they shouldn't. Gnus
is version v5.10.7. Any ideas?

It can't be because of some threshold, because even one exclamation sign will
make the article appear read (so the mark threshold is 0).

-- 
# Edvard                                        

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