(gnus-mime-view-part-internally): Bind buffer-read-only to nil.
[gnus] / lisp / gnus-agent.el
index 7b5f7b4..3ef12c8 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; gnus-agent.el --- unplugged support for Gnus
-;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
+;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
 ;;        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
   :group 'gnus-agent
   :type 'integer)
 
-(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-days 7
+(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-days nil
   "Read articles older than this will be expired.
-This can also be a list of regexp/day pairs.  The regexps will
-be matched against group names."
+This can also be a list of regexp/day pairs.  The regexps will be
+matched against group names.  If nil, articles in the agent cache are
+never expired."
   :group 'gnus-agent
-  :type 'integer)
+  :type '(choice (number :tag "days")
+                (const :tag "never" nil)))
 
 (defcustom gnus-agent-expire-all nil
   "If non-nil, also expire unread, ticked and dormant articles.
@@ -439,10 +441,11 @@ minor mode in all Gnus buffers."
   (gnus-open-agent)
   (add-hook 'gnus-setup-news-hook 'gnus-agent-queue-setup)
   (unless gnus-agent-send-mail-function
-    (setq gnus-agent-send-mail-function (or
-                                        message-send-mail-real-function
-                                        message-send-mail-function)
+    (setq gnus-agent-send-mail-function
+         (or message-send-mail-real-function
+             message-send-mail-function)
          message-send-mail-real-function 'gnus-agent-send-mail))
+
   (unless gnus-agent-covered-methods
     (mapcar
      (lambda (server)
@@ -2110,8 +2113,330 @@ return only unread articles."
   (or (gnus-gethash group gnus-category-group-cache)
       (assq 'default gnus-category-alist)))
 
+(defun gnus-agent-expire-2 (expiring-group active articles overview day force
+                                          dir)
+  (gnus-agent-load-alist expiring-group)
+  (gnus-message 5 "Expiring articles in %s" expiring-group)
+  (let* ((info (gnus-get-info expiring-group))
+        (alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
+        (specials (if alist
+                      (list (caar (last alist)))))
+        (unreads ;; Articles that are excluded from the expiration process
+         (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
+                ;; All articles are marked read by global decree
+                nil)
+               ((eq articles t)
+                ;; All articles are marked read by function parameter
+                nil)
+               ((not articles)
+                ;; Unread articles are marked protected from
+                ;; expiration Don't call gnus-list-of-unread-articles
+                ;; as it returns articles that have not been fetched
+                ;; into the agent.
+                (ignore-errors (gnus-agent-unread-articles expiring-group)))
+               (t
+                ;; All articles EXCEPT those named by the caller are
+                ;; protected from expiration
+                (gnus-sorted-difference
+                 (gnus-uncompress-range
+                  (cons (caar alist) (caar (last alist))))
+                 (sort articles '<)))))
+        (marked ;; More articles that are exluded from the expiration process
+         (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
+                ;; All articles are unmarked by global decree
+                nil)
+               ((eq articles t)
+                ;; All articles are unmarked by function parameter
+                nil)
+               (articles
+                ;; All articles may as well be unmarked as the
+                ;; unreads list already names the articles we are
+                ;; going to keep
+                nil)
+               (t
+                ;; Ticked and/or dormant articles are excluded from expiration
+                (nconc
+                 (gnus-uncompress-range
+                  (cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks info))))
+                 (gnus-uncompress-range
+                  (cdr (assq 'dormant
+                             (gnus-info-marks info))))))))
+        (nov-file (concat dir ".overview"))
+        (cnt 0)
+        (completed -1)
+        dlist
+        type)
+
+    ;; The normal article alist contains
+    ;; elements that look like (article# .
+    ;; fetch_date) I need to combine other
+    ;; information with this list.  For
+    ;; example, a flag indicating that a
+    ;; particular article MUST BE KEPT.  To
+    ;; do this, I'm going to transform the
+    ;; elements to look like (article#
+    ;; fetch_date keep_flag
+    ;; NOV_entry_marker) Later, I'll reverse
+    ;; the process to generate the expired
+    ;; article alist.
+
+    ;; Convert the alist elements to
+    ;; (article# fetch_date nil nil).
+    (setq dlist (mapcar (lambda (e) (list (car e) (cdr e) nil nil)) alist))
+
+    ;; Convert the keep lists to elements
+    ;; that look like (article# nil
+    ;; keep_flag nil) then append it to the
+    ;; expanded dlist These statements are
+    ;; sorted by ascending precidence of the
+    ;; keep_flag.
+    (setq dlist (nconc dlist (mapcar (lambda (e)
+                                      (list e nil 'unread  nil)) unreads)))
+    (setq dlist (nconc dlist (mapcar (lambda (e)
+                                      (list e nil 'marked  nil)) marked)))
+    (setq dlist (nconc dlist (mapcar (lambda (e)
+                                      (list e nil 'special nil)) specials)))
+
+    (set-buffer overview)
+    (erase-buffer)
+    (when (file-exists-p nov-file)
+      (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview...")
+      (nnheader-insert-file-contents nov-file)
+      (goto-char (point-min))
+
+      (let (p)
+       (while (< (setq p (point)) (point-max))
+         (condition-case nil
+             ;; If I successfully read an
+             ;; integer (the plus zero
+             ;; ensures a numeric type),
+             ;; prepend a marker entry to
+             ;; the list
+             (push (list (+ 0 (read (current-buffer))) nil nil
+                         (set-marker (make-marker) p)) dlist)
+           (error
+            (gnus-message 1 (concat "gnus-agent-expire: read error occurred "
+                                    "when reading expression at %s in %s.  "
+                                    "Skipping to next line.")
+                          (point) nov-file)))
+         ;; Whether I succeeded, or failed,
+         ;; it doesn't matter.  Move to the
+         ;; next line then try again.
+         (forward-line 1)))
+      (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview... Done"))
+    (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
+
+    ;; At this point, all of the information
+    ;; is in dlist.  The only problem is
+    ;; that much of it is spread across
+    ;; multiple entries.  Sort then MERGE!!
+    (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... ")
+    ;; If two entries have the same
+    ;; article-number then sort by ascending
+    ;; keep_flag.
+    (let ((special 0)
+         (marked 1)
+         (unread 2))
+      (setq dlist
+           (sort dlist
+                 (lambda (a b)
+                   (cond ((< (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
+                          t)
+                         ((> (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
+                          nil)
+                         (t
+                          (let ((a (or (symbol-value (nth 2 a)) 3))
+                                (b (or (symbol-value (nth 2 b)) 3)))
+                            (<= a b))))))))
+    (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... Done")
+    (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... ")
+    (let ((dlist dlist))
+      (while (cdr dlist) ; I'm not at the end-of-list
+       (if (eq (caar dlist) (caadr dlist))
+           (let ((first (cdr (car dlist)))
+                 (secnd (cdr (cadr dlist))))
+             (setcar first (or (car first) (car secnd))) ; fetch_date
+             (setq first (cdr first)
+                   secnd (cdr secnd))
+             (setcar first (or (car first) (car secnd))) ; Keep_flag
+             (setq first (cdr first)
+                   secnd (cdr secnd))
+             (setcar first (or (car first) (car secnd))) ; NOV_entry_marker
+
+             (setcdr dlist (cddr dlist)))
+         (setq dlist (cdr dlist)))))
+    (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... Done")
+
+    (let* ((len (float (length dlist)))
+          (alist (list nil))
+          (tail-alist alist))
+      (while dlist
+       (let ((new-completed (truncate (* 100.0 (/ (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) len)))))
+         (when (> new-completed completed)
+           (setq completed new-completed)
+           (gnus-message 9 "%3d%% completed..."  completed)))
+       (let* ((entry          (car dlist))
+              (article-number (nth 0 entry))
+              (fetch-date     (nth 1 entry))
+              (keep           (nth 2 entry))
+              (marker         (nth 3 entry)))
+
+         (cond
+          ;; Kept articles are unread, marked, or special.
+          (keep
+           (when fetch-date
+             (unless (file-exists-p (concat dir (number-to-string
+                                                 article-number)))
+               (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
+               (gnus-message 3 (concat "gnus-agent-expire cleared download "
+                                       "flag on article %d as the cached "
+                                       "article file is missing.")
+                                       (caar dlist)))
+             (unless marker
+               (gnus-message 1 (concat "gnus-agent-expire detected a "
+                                       "missing NOV entry.  Run "
+                                       "gnus-agent-regenerate-group to "
+                                       "restore it."))))
+           (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date)))
+
+          ;; The following articles are READ, UNMARKED, and ORDINARY.
+          ;; See if they can be EXPIRED!!!
+          ((setq type
+                 (cond
+                  ((not (integerp fetch-date))
+                   'read) ;; never fetched article (may expire right now)
+                  ((not (file-exists-p (concat dir (number-to-string
+                                                    article-number))))
+                   (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
+                   'externally-expired) ;; Can't find the cached
+                                        ;; article.  Handle case as
+                                        ;; though this article was
+                                        ;; never fetched.
+
+                  ;; We now have the arrival day, so we see
+                  ;; whether it's old enough to be expired.
+                  ((< fetch-date day)
+                   'expired)
+                  (force
+                   'forced)))
+
+           ;; I found some reason to expire this entry.
+
+           (let ((actions nil))
+             (when (memq type '(forced expired))
+               (ignore-errors ; Just being paranoid.
+                 (delete-file (concat dir (number-to-string article-number)))
+                 (push "expired cached article" actions))
+               (setf (nth 1 entry) nil))
+
+             (when marker
+               (push "NOV entry removed" actions)
+               (goto-char marker)
+               (gnus-delete-line))
+
+             ;; If considering all articles is set, I can only expire
+             ;; article IDs that are no longer in the active range.
+             (if (and gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
+                      (>= article-number (car active)))
+                 ;; I have to keep this ID in the alist
+                 (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-alist
+                                            (cons article-number fetch-date))
+               (push (format "Removed %s article number from article alist"
+                             type) actions))
+
+             (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Article %d: %s"
+                           article-number (mapconcat 'identity
+                                                     actions ", "))))
+          (t
+           (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date)))
+          )
+
+         ;; Clean up markers as I want to recycle this buffer over
+         ;; several groups.
+         (when marker
+           (set-marker marker nil))
+
+         (setq dlist (cdr dlist))))
+
+      (setq alist (cdr alist))
+
+      (let ((inhibit-quit t))
+       (unless (equal alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
+         (setq gnus-agent-article-alist alist)
+         (gnus-agent-save-alist expiring-group))
+
+       (when (buffer-modified-p)
+         (let ((coding-system-for-write
+                gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+           (gnus-make-directory dir)
+           (write-region (point-min) (point-max) nov-file nil 'silent)
+           ;; clear the modified flag as that I'm not confused by its
+           ;; status on the next pass through this routine.
+           (set-buffer-modified-p nil)))
+
+       (when (eq articles t)
+         (gnus-summary-update-info))))))
+
+(defun gnus-agent-expire-1 (&optional articles group force)
+  "Expire all old agent cached articles unconditionally.
+See `gnus-agent-expire'."
+  (let ((methods (if group
+                    (list (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
+                  gnus-agent-covered-methods))
+       (day (if (numberp gnus-agent-expire-days)
+                (- (time-to-days (current-time)) gnus-agent-expire-days)
+              nil))
+       gnus-command-method sym arts pos
+       history overview file histories elem art nov-file low info
+       unreads marked article orig lowest highest found days)
+    (save-excursion
+      (setq overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
+      (unwind-protect
+         (while (setq gnus-command-method (pop methods))
+           (when (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
+             (with-temp-buffer
+               (nnheader-insert-file-contents
+                (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
+               (gnus-active-to-gnus-format
+                gnus-command-method
+                (setq orig (gnus-make-hashtable
+                            (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))))
+             (dolist (expiring-group (gnus-groups-from-server
+                                      gnus-command-method))
+               (if (or (not group)
+                       (equal group expiring-group))
+                   (let* ((dir (concat
+                                (gnus-agent-directory)
+                                (gnus-agent-group-path expiring-group)
+                                "/"))
+                          (active
+                           (gnus-gethash-safe expiring-group orig))
+                          (day (if (numberp day)
+                                   day
+                                 (let (found
+                                       (days gnus-agent-expire-days))
+                                   (catch 'found
+                                     (while (and (not found) days)
+                                       (when (eq 0 (string-match
+                                                    (caar days)
+                                                    expiring-group))
+                                         (throw 'found (- (time-to-days
+                                                           (current-time))
+                                                          (cadar days))))
+                                       (pop days))
+                                     ;; No regexp matched so set
+                                     ;; a limit that will block
+                                     ;; expiration in this group.
+                                     0)))))
+
+                     (when active
+                       (gnus-agent-expire-2 expiring-group active
+                                            articles overview day force
+                                            dir)))))))
+       (kill-buffer overview)))))
+
 (defun gnus-agent-expire (&optional articles group force)
-  "Expire all old articles.
+  "Expire all old agent cached articles.
 If you want to force expiring of certain articles, this function can
 take ARTICLES, GROUP and FORCE parameters as well.
 
@@ -2122,289 +2447,14 @@ The articles on which the expiration process runs are selected as follows:
 Setting GROUP will limit expiration to that group.
 FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
   (interactive)
-
-  (if (or (not (eq articles t))
-          (yes-or-no-p (concat "Are you sure that you want to expire all articles in " (if group group "every agentized group") ".")))
-      (let ((methods (if group
-                         (list (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
-                       gnus-agent-covered-methods))
-            (day (if (numberp gnus-agent-expire-days)
-                     (- (time-to-days (current-time)) gnus-agent-expire-days)
-                   nil))
-            gnus-command-method sym arts pos
-            history overview file histories elem art nov-file low info
-            unreads marked article orig lowest highest found days)
-        (save-excursion
-          (setq overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
-         (unwind-protect
-             (while (setq gnus-command-method (pop methods))
-               (when (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
-                 (with-temp-buffer
-                   (nnheader-insert-file-contents
-                    (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
-                   (gnus-active-to-gnus-format
-                    gnus-command-method
-                    (setq orig (gnus-make-hashtable
-                                (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))))
-                 (dolist (expiring-group (gnus-groups-from-server
-                                          gnus-command-method))
-                   (if (or (not group)
-                           (equal group expiring-group))
-                       (let* ((dir (concat
-                                    (gnus-agent-directory)
-                                    (gnus-agent-group-path expiring-group)
-                                    "/"))
-                              (active
-                               (gnus-gethash-safe expiring-group orig))
-                               (day (if (numberp day)
-                                        day
-                                      (let (found
-                                            (days gnus-agent-expire-days))
-                                        (catch 'found
-                                          (while (and (not found) days)
-                                            (when (eq 0 (string-match (caar days) expiring-group))
-                                              (throw 'found (- (time-to-days (current-time)) (cadar days))))
-                                            (pop days))
-                                          ;; No regexp matched so set
-                                          ;; a limit that will block
-                                          ;; expiration in this group.
-                                          0)))))
-                                        
-                         (when active
-                           (gnus-agent-load-alist expiring-group)
-                           (gnus-message 5 "Expiring articles in %s" expiring-group)
-                           (let* ((info (gnus-get-info expiring-group))
-                                  (alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
-                                  (specials (if alist
-                                                (list (caar (last alist)))))
-                                  (unreads ;; Articles that are excluded from the expiration process
-                                   (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
-                                          ;; All articles are marked read by global decree
-                                          nil)
-                                         ((eq articles t)
-                                          ;; All articles are marked read by function parameter
-                                          nil)
-                                         ((not articles)
-                                          ;; Unread articles are marked protected from expiration
-                                          ;; Don't call gnus-list-of-unread-articles as it returns articles that have not been fetched into the agent.
-                                          (ignore-errors (gnus-agent-unread-articles expiring-group)))
-                                         (t
-                                          ;; All articles EXCEPT those named by the caller are protected from expiration
-                                          (gnus-sorted-difference (gnus-uncompress-range (cons (caar alist) (caar (last alist)))) (sort articles '<)))))
-                                  (marked ;; More articles that are exluded from the expiration process
-                                   (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
-                                          ;; All articles are unmarked by global decree
-                                          nil)
-                                         ((eq articles t)
-                                          ;; All articles are unmarked by function parameter
-                                          nil)
-                                         (articles
-                                          ;; All articles may as well be unmarked as the unreads list already names the articles we are going to keep
-                                          nil)
-                                         (t
-                                          ;; Ticked and/or dormant articles are excluded from expiration
-                                          (nconc
-                                           (gnus-uncompress-range
-                                            (cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks info))))
-                                           (gnus-uncompress-range
-                                            (cdr (assq 'dormant
-                                                       (gnus-info-marks info))))))))
-                                  (nov-file (concat dir ".overview"))
-                                  (cnt 0)
-                                  (completed -1)
-                                  dlist
-                                  type)
-
-                             ;; The normal article alist contains
-                             ;; elements that look like (article# .
-                             ;; fetch_date) I need to combine other
-                             ;; information with this list.  For
-                             ;; example, a flag indicating that a
-                             ;; particular article MUST BE KEPT.  To
-                             ;; do this, I'm going to transform the
-                             ;; elements to look like (article#
-                             ;; fetch_date keep_flag
-                             ;; NOV_entry_marker) Later, I'll reverse
-                             ;; the process to generate the expired
-                             ;; article alist.
-
-                             ;; Convert the alist elements to
-                             ;; (article# fetch_date nil nil).
-                             (setq dlist (mapcar (lambda (e) (list (car e) (cdr e) nil nil)) alist))
-
-                             ;; Convert the keep lists to elements
-                             ;; that look like (article# nil
-                             ;; keep_flag nil) then append it to the
-                             ;; expanded dlist These statements are
-                             ;; sorted by ascending precidence of the
-                             ;; keep_flag.
-                             (setq dlist (nconc dlist
-                                                (mapcar (lambda (e) (list e nil 'unread  nil)) unreads)))
-                             (setq dlist (nconc dlist
-                                                (mapcar (lambda (e) (list e nil 'marked  nil)) marked)))
-                             (setq dlist (nconc dlist
-                                                (mapcar (lambda (e) (list e nil 'special nil)) specials)))
-
-                             (set-buffer overview)
-                             (erase-buffer)
-                             (when (file-exists-p nov-file)
-                               (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview...")
-                               (nnheader-insert-file-contents nov-file)
-                               (goto-char (point-min))
-                         
-                               (let (p)
-                                 (while (< (setq p (point)) (point-max))
-                                   (condition-case nil
-                                       ;; If I successfully read an
-                                       ;; integer (the plus zero
-                                       ;; ensures a numeric type),
-                                       ;; prepend a marker entry to
-                                       ;; the list
-                                       (push (list (+ 0 (read (current-buffer))) nil nil (set-marker (make-marker) p)) dlist)
-                                     (error
-                                      (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-expire: read error occurred when reading expression at %s in %s.  Skipping to next line." (point) nov-file)))
-                                   ;; Whether I succeeded, or failed,
-                                   ;; it doesn't matter.  Move to the
-                                   ;; next line then try again.
-                                   (forward-line 1)))
-                               (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview... Done"))
-                             (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
-
-                             ;; At this point, all of the information
-                             ;; is in dlist.  The only problem is
-                             ;; that much of it is spread across
-                             ;; multiple entries.  Sort then MERGE!!
-                             (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... ")
-                             ;; If two entries have the same
-                             ;; article-number then sort by ascending
-                             ;; keep_flag.
-                             (let ((special 0)
-                                   (marked 1)
-                                   (unread 2))
-                               (setq dlist
-                                     (sort dlist
-                                           (lambda (a b)
-                                             (cond ((< (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
-                                                    t)
-                                                   ((> (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
-                                                    nil)
-                                                   (t
-                                                    (let ((a (or (symbol-value (nth 2 a)) 3))
-                                                          (b (or (symbol-value (nth 2 b)) 3)))
-                                                      (<= a b))))))))
-                             (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... Done")
-                             (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... ")
-                             (let ((dlist dlist))
-                               (while (cdr dlist) ; I'm not at the end-of-list
-                                 (if (eq (caar dlist) (caadr dlist))
-                                     (let ((first (cdr (car dlist)))
-                                           (secnd (cdr (cadr dlist))))
-                                       (setcar first (or (car first) (car secnd))) ; fetch_date
-                                       (setq first (cdr first)
-                                             secnd (cdr secnd))
-                                       (setcar first (or (car first) (car secnd))) ; Keep_flag
-                                       (setq first (cdr first)
-                                             secnd (cdr secnd))
-                                       (setcar first (or (car first) (car secnd))) ; NOV_entry_marker
-
-                                       (setcdr dlist (cddr dlist)))
-                                   (setq dlist (cdr dlist)))))
-                             (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... Done")
-
-                             (let* ((len (float (length dlist)))
-                                    (alist (list nil))
-                                    (tail-alist alist))
-                               (while dlist
-                                 (let ((new-completed (truncate (* 100.0 (/ (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) len)))))
-                                   (when (> new-completed completed)
-                                     (setq completed new-completed)
-                                     (gnus-message 9 "%3d%% completed..."  completed)))
-                                 (let* ((entry          (car dlist))
-                                        (article-number (nth 0 entry))
-                                        (fetch-date     (nth 1 entry))
-                                        (keep           (nth 2 entry))
-                                        (marker         (nth 3 entry)))
-
-                                   (cond
-                                    ;; Kept articles are unread, marked, or special.
-                                    (keep
-                                     (when fetch-date
-                                       (unless (file-exists-p (concat dir (number-to-string article-number)))
-                                         (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
-                                         (gnus-message 3 "gnus-agent-expire cleared download flag on article %d as the cached article file is missing." (caar dlist)))
-                                       (unless marker
-                                         (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-expire detected a missing NOV entry.  Run gnus-agent-regenerate-group to restore it.")))
-                                     (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date)))
-
-                                    ;; The following articles are READ, UNMARKED, and ORDINARY.
-                                    ;; See if they can be EXPIRED!!!
-                                    ((setq type
-                                           (cond
-                                            ((not (integerp fetch-date))
-                                             'read) ;; never fetched article (may expire right now)
-                                            ((not (file-exists-p (concat dir (number-to-string article-number))))
-                                             (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
-                                             'externally-expired) ;; Can't find the cached article.  Handle case as though this article was never fetched.
-
-                                            ;; We now have the arrival day, so we see
-                                            ;; whether it's old enough to be expired.
-                                            ((< fetch-date day)
-                                             'expired)
-                                            (force
-                                             'forced)))
-                                          
-                                     ;; I found some reason to expire this entry.
-
-                                     (let ((actions nil))
-                                       (when (memq type '(forced expired))
-                                         (ignore-errors ; Just being paranoid.
-                                           (delete-file (concat dir (number-to-string article-number)))
-                                           (push "expired cached article" actions))
-                                         (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
-                                         )
-
-                                       (when marker
-                                         (push "NOV entry removed" actions)
-                                         (goto-char marker)
-                                         (gnus-delete-line))
-
-                                       ;; If considering all articles is set, I can only expire article IDs that are no longer in the active range.
-                                       (if (and gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
-                                                (>= article-number (car active)))
-                                           ;; I have to keep this ID in the alist
-                                           (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date))
-                                         (push (format "Removed %s article number from article alist" type) actions))
-
-                                       (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Article %d: %s" article-number (mapconcat 'identity actions ", "))))
-                                     (t
-                                      (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date)))
-                                    )
-
-                                   ;; Clean up markers as I want to recycle this buffer over several groups.
-                                   (when marker
-                                     (set-marker marker nil))
-
-                                   (setq dlist (cdr dlist))))
-
-                               (setq alist (cdr alist))
-
-                               (let ((inhibit-quit t))
-                                 (unless (equal alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
-                                   (setq gnus-agent-article-alist alist)
-                                   (gnus-agent-save-alist expiring-group))
-
-                                 (when (buffer-modified-p)
-                                   (let ((coding-system-for-write
-                                          gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
-                                     (gnus-make-directory dir)
-                                     (write-region (point-min) (point-max) nov-file nil 'silent)
-                                     ;; clear the modified flag as that I'm not confused by its status on the next pass through this routine.
-                                     (set-buffer-modified-p nil)))
-
-                                 (when (eq articles t)
-                                   (gnus-summary-update-info)))))))))))
-           (kill-buffer overview)))))
-  (gnus-message 4 "Expiry...done"))
+  (if (and (not gnus-agent-expire-days)
+          (or (not (eq articles t))
+              (yes-or-no-p (concat "Are you sure that you want to expire all "
+                                   "articles in " (if group group
+                                                    "every agentized group")
+                                   "."))))
+      (gnus-agent-expire-1 articles group force)
+    (gnus-message 4 "Expiry...done")))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun gnus-agent-batch ()