Re: Disappear Marks

[Kenneth Jacker]

  dak> Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> writes:
  dak> Of course articles don't remain longer than the server stores them.
  >> 
  >> Yes, this I know.

  dak> Apparently not.

Ouch!  ;-)

I did know that the news server had a limited time of storage, but
(obviously!) I did *not* really understand the difference between `!' and '*'.

  dak> Both are orthogonal.  * determines where the article is stored, !
  dak> determines how it is shown in the list.

Yes, looking again at the 'info' pages, I see:

     `!'
          Marked as ticked (`gnus-ticked-mark').
     
          "Ticked articles" are articles that will remain visible always.


What's incredible is that I have not noticed this until now!  Maybe my
local NNTP server recently shortened the retention period ... 

But no matter.  Thanks, David, for clearing this up for me!

I now understand.

On to using `*' ... thanks again!

  -Kenneth