Re: Question re Pan

From: Phrederik (postmaster_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:19:02 GMT

"NightStalker" <NightStalker@somewhere.or.other> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a0c32c44f8f0b3d9896c6@news-50.giganews.com...
> I use Gravity newsreader under Windows <gulp - I know - I'm trying to
> wean off...;))
>
> There is a button on the toolbar which will mark an entire group as
> READ, including AT THE SERVER.

You can't mark messages read on the server.

> But I can't find a similar function in
> Pan. I can right-click on the group and "Mark as read" but that only
> seems to apply to my local headers. If I "Delete Group's Articles" -
> does that delete them from the server or just mark them as read? In
> other words, can I no longer set the server count back to retrieve
> missed messages etc if I use that option?

> If this is the case, does anyone know if anything is planned for the
> future re a similar function to Gravity's that will mark all aticles as
> READ on both local and server counts?

If Gravity is not getting old messages after removing and re-adding a group,
it's just not clearing it's own pointers when you remove the group and using
the old pointers when you put it back.

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