(gnus-article-refer-article): Be more permissive.
[gnus] / lisp / gnus-agent.el
index 5558af0..c22fe6c 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>
   (require 'cl))
 
 (eval-and-compile
-  (autoload 'gnus-server-update-server "gnus-srvr")
-  (autoload 'number-at-point "thingatpt"))
-
-(defface gnus-agent-downloaded-article-face
-  '((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "Orange" :bold t))
-    (((class color) (background dark)) (:foreground "Yellow" :bold t))
-    (t (:inverse-video t :bold t)))
-  "Face used for displaying downloaded articles"
-  :group 'gnus-agent)
+  (autoload 'gnus-server-update-server "gnus-srvr"))
 
 (defcustom gnus-agent-directory (nnheader-concat gnus-directory "agent/")
   "Where the Gnus agent will store its files."
 
 (defcustom gnus-agent-expire-days 7
   "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."
   :group 'gnus-agent
-  :type 'integer)
+  :type '(choice (number :tag "days")
+                (sexp :tag "List" nil)))
 
 (defcustom gnus-agent-expire-all nil
   "If non-nil, also expire unread, ticked and dormant articles.
@@ -149,22 +142,28 @@ If this is `ask' the hook will query the user."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'gnus-agent)
 
+(defcustom gnus-agent-max-fetch-size 10000000 ;; 10 Mb
+  "Chunk size for `gnus-agent-fetch-session'.
+The function will split its article fetches into chunks smaller than
+this limit."
+  :group 'gnus-agent
+  :type 'integer)
+
 ;;; Internal variables
 
 (defvar gnus-agent-history-buffers nil)
 (defvar gnus-agent-buffer-alist nil)
 (defvar gnus-agent-article-alist nil
 "An assoc list identifying the articles whose headers have been fetched.  
- If successfully fetched, these headers will be stored in the group's overview file.
- The key of each assoc pair is the article ID.
- The value of each assoc pair is a flag indicating 
- whether the identified article has been downloaded (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
- sets the value to the day of the download).
- NOTES:
- 1) The last element of this list can not be expired as some 
-    routines (for example, get-agent-fetch-headers) use the last
-    value to track which articles have had their headers retrieved.
- 2) The gnus-agent-regenerate may destructively modify the value.
+If successfully fetched, these headers will be stored in the group's overview
+file.  The key of each assoc pair is the article ID, the value of each assoc
+pair is a flag indicating whether the identified article has been downloaded
+\(gnus-agent-fetch-articles sets the value to the day of the download).
+NOTES:
+1) The last element of this list can not be expired as some 
+   routines (for example, get-agent-fetch-headers) use the last
+   value to track which articles have had their headers retrieved.
+2) The gnus-agent-regenerate may destructively modify the value.
 ")
 (defvar gnus-agent-group-alist nil)
 (defvar gnus-category-alist nil)
@@ -213,8 +212,7 @@ node `(gnus)Server Buffer'.")
 (gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-close-agent 'gnus)
 
 (defun gnus-close-agent ()
-  (setq gnus-agent-covered-methods nil
-       gnus-category-predicate-cache nil
+  (setq gnus-category-predicate-cache nil
        gnus-category-group-cache nil
        gnus-agent-spam-hashtb nil)
   (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer))
@@ -238,12 +236,12 @@ node `(gnus)Server Buffer'.")
            (cadr gnus-command-method))))
 
 (defsubst gnus-agent-directory ()
-  "Path of the Gnus agent directory."
+  "The name of the Gnus agent directory."
   (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory
                   (nnheader-translate-file-chars (gnus-agent-method)) "/"))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-lib-file (file)
-  "The full path of the Gnus agent library FILE."
+  "The full name of the Gnus agent library FILE."
   (expand-file-name file
                    (file-name-as-directory
                     (expand-file-name "agent.lib" (gnus-agent-directory)))))
@@ -272,6 +270,9 @@ node `(gnus)Server Buffer'.")
 (put 'gnus-agent-with-fetch 'lisp-indent-function 0)
 (put 'gnus-agent-with-fetch 'edebug-form-spec '(body))
 
+(defmacro gnus-agent-append-to-list (tail value)
+  `(setq ,tail (setcdr ,tail (cons ,value nil))))
+
 ;;;
 ;;; Mode infestation
 ;;;
@@ -325,15 +326,20 @@ node `(gnus)Server Buffer'.")
        ["Toggle plugged" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t]
        ["Toggle group plugged" gnus-agent-toggle-group-plugged t]
        ["List categories" gnus-enter-category-buffer t]
+       ["Add (current) group to category" gnus-agent-add-group t]
+       ["Remove (current) group from category" gnus-agent-remove-group t]
        ["Send queue" gnus-group-send-queue gnus-plugged]
        ("Fetch"
        ["All" gnus-agent-fetch-session gnus-plugged]
-       ["Group" gnus-agent-fetch-group gnus-plugged])))))
+       ["Group" gnus-agent-fetch-group gnus-plugged])
+       ["Synchronize flags" gnus-agent-synchronize-flags t]
+       ))))
 
 (defvar gnus-agent-summary-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
 (gnus-define-keys gnus-agent-summary-mode-map
   "Jj" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged
   "Ju" gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group
+  "JS" gnus-agent-fetch-group
   "Js" gnus-agent-summary-fetch-series
   "J#" gnus-agent-mark-article
   "J\M-#" gnus-agent-unmark-article
@@ -374,28 +380,40 @@ node `(gnus)Server Buffer'.")
                  (make-mode-line-mouse-map mouse-button mouse-func))
     string))
 
-(defun gnus-agent-toggle-plugged (plugged)
+(defun gnus-agent-toggle-plugged (set-to)
   "Toggle whether Gnus is unplugged or not."
   (interactive (list (not gnus-plugged)))
-  (if plugged
-      (progn
-       (setq gnus-plugged plugged)
-       (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-plugged-hook)
-       (setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status)
-               (gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string " Plugged"
-                                                 'mouse-2
-                                                 'gnus-agent-toggle-plugged))
-       (gnus-agent-go-online gnus-agent-go-online)
-       (gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags))
-    (gnus-agent-close-connections)
-    (setq gnus-plugged plugged)
-    (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-unplugged-hook)
-    (setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status)
-           (gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string " Unplugged"
-                                             'mouse-2
-                                             'gnus-agent-toggle-plugged)))
+  (cond ((eq set-to gnus-plugged)
+         nil)
+        (set-to
+         (setq gnus-plugged set-to)
+         (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-plugged-hook)
+         (setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status)
+                 (gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string " Plugged"
+                                                   'mouse-2
+                                                   'gnus-agent-toggle-plugged))
+         (gnus-agent-go-online gnus-agent-go-online)
+         (gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags))
+        (t
+         (gnus-agent-close-connections)
+         (setq gnus-plugged set-to)
+         (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-unplugged-hook)
+         (setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status)
+                 (gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string " Unplugged"
+                                                   'mouse-2
+                                                   'gnus-agent-toggle-plugged))))
   (set-buffer-modified-p t))
 
+(defmacro gnus-agent-while-plugged (&rest body)
+  `(let ((original-gnus-plugged gnus-plugged))
+    (unwind-protect
+        (progn (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t)
+               ,@body)
+      (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged original-gnus-plugged))))
+
+(put 'gnus-agent-while-plugged 'lisp-indent-function 0)
+(put 'gnus-agent-while-plugged 'edebug-form-spec '(body))
+
 (defun gnus-agent-close-connections ()
   "Close all methods covered by the Gnus agent."
   (let ((methods gnus-agent-covered-methods))
@@ -438,10 +456,11 @@ 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
+    (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)
@@ -533,23 +552,18 @@ be a select method."
     (error "Groups can't be fetched when Gnus is unplugged"))
   (gnus-group-iterate n 'gnus-agent-fetch-group))
 
-(defun gnus-agent-fetch-group (group)
+(defun gnus-agent-fetch-group (&optional group)
   "Put all new articles in GROUP into the Agent."
   (interactive (list (gnus-group-group-name)))
-  (let ((state gnus-plugged))
-    (unwind-protect
-       (progn
-         (unless group
-           (error "No group on the current line"))
-         (unless state
-           (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged gnus-plugged))
-         (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
-           (gnus-agent-with-fetch
-             (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method)
-             (gnus-message 5 "Fetching %s...done" group))))
-      (when (and (not state)
-                gnus-plugged)
-       (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged gnus-plugged)))))
+  (setq group (or group gnus-newsgroup-name))
+  (unless group
+    (error "No group on the current line"))
+
+  (gnus-agent-while-plugged
+    (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
+      (gnus-agent-with-fetch
+        (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method)
+        (gnus-message 5 "Fetching %s...done" group)))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-add-group (category arg)
   "Add the current group to an agent category."
@@ -669,7 +683,7 @@ be a select method."
                (gnus-message 1 "Ignoring disappeared server `%s'" m)
                (sit-for 1))))
          (gnus-agent-read-file
-          (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/methods"))))
+          (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/servers"))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-write-servers ()
   "Write the alist of covered servers."
@@ -720,86 +734,110 @@ the actual number of articles toggled is returned."
   (gnus-agent-mark-article n 'toggle))
 
 (defun gnus-summary-set-agent-mark (article &optional unmark)
-  "Mark ARTICLE as downloadable."
-  (let ((unmark (if (and (not (null unmark)) (not (eq t unmark)))
-                   (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
-                 unmark))
-        (new-mark gnus-downloadable-mark))
-    (if unmark
-       (let ((agent-articles gnus-agent-article-alist))
-         (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
-               (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
-          (while (and agent-articles (< (caar agent-articles) article))
-            (setq agent-articles (cdr agent-articles)))
-          (if (and (eq (caar agent-articles) article)
-                   (cdar agent-articles))
-              (setq new-mark 32)
-            (progn (setq new-mark gnus-undownloaded-mark)
-                   (push article gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))))
-      (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
-           (delq article gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))
-      (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
-           (gnus-add-to-sorted-list gnus-newsgroup-downloadable article)))
-    (gnus-summary-update-mark
-     new-mark
-     'unread)))
-
-;; Check history - this may make sense if the agent is configured to pre-fetch every article.
+  "Mark ARTICLE as downloadable.  If UNMARK is nil, article is marked.
+When UNMARK is t, the article is unmarked.  For any other value, the
+article's mark is toggled."
+  (let ((unmark (cond ((eq nil unmark)
+                      nil)
+                     ((eq t unmark)
+                      t)
+                     (t
+                      (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)))))
+    (when (gnus-summary-goto-subject article nil t)
+      (gnus-summary-update-mark
+       (if unmark
+           (progn
+             (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
+                   (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
+             (gnus-article-mark article))
+         (progn
+           (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
+                 (gnus-add-to-sorted-list gnus-newsgroup-downloadable article))
+           gnus-downloadable-mark)
+         )
+       'unread))))
+
 (defun gnus-agent-get-undownloaded-list ()
-  "Mark all unfetched articles as read."
+  "Construct list of articles that have not been downloaded."
   (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group gnus-newsgroup-name)))
-    (when (and 
-           (not (gnus-online gnus-command-method))
-           (gnus-agent-method-p gnus-command-method))
-      (gnus-agent-load-alist gnus-newsgroup-name)
-      ;; First mark all undownloaded articles as undownloaded.
-      ;; CCC kaig: Maybe change here to consider all headers.
-      (let ((articles (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (header) (if (equal (mail-header-from header) "Gnus Agent")
-                                                             nil
-                                                           (mail-header-number header)))
-                                        gnus-newsgroup-headers)))
-           (agent-articles gnus-agent-article-alist)
-           candidates article)
-       (while (setq article (pop articles))
-         (while (and agent-articles
-                     (< (caar agent-articles) article))
-           (setq agent-articles (cdr agent-articles)))
-         (when (or (not (cdar agent-articles))
-                   (not (= (caar agent-articles) article)))
-           (push article candidates)))
-       (dolist (article candidates)
-         (unless (or (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
-                     (memq article gnus-newsgroup-cached))
-           (push article gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))))
-      ;; Then mark downloaded downloadable as not-downloadable,
-      ;; if you get my drift.
-      (dolist (article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
-       (when (cdr (assq article gnus-agent-article-alist))
-         (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
-               (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)))))))
+    (when (set (make-local-variable 'gnus-newsgroup-agentized) (gnus-agent-method-p gnus-command-method))
+      (let* ((alist (gnus-agent-load-alist gnus-newsgroup-name))
+             (headers (sort (mapcar (lambda (h) (mail-header-number h)) gnus-newsgroup-headers) '<))
+             (undownloaded (list nil))
+             (tail-undownloaded undownloaded)
+             (unfetched (list nil))
+             (tail-unfetched unfetched))
+       (while (and alist headers)
+         (let ((a (caar alist))
+               (h (car headers)))
+           (cond ((< a h)
+                  ;; Ignore IDs in the alist that are not being
+                  ;; displayed in the summary.
+                  (pop alist))
+                 ((> a h)
+                   ;; Headers that are not in the alist should be
+                   ;; fictious (see nnagent-retrieve-headers); they
+                   ;; imply that this article isn't in the agent.
+                  (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-undownloaded h)
+                  (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unfetched    h)
+                   (pop headers)) 
+                 ((cdar alist)
+                  (pop alist)
+                  (pop headers)
+                  nil                  ; ignore already downloaded
+                  )
+                 (t
+                  (pop alist)
+                  (pop headers)
+                  (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-undownloaded a)))))
+
+       (while headers
+          (let ((num (pop headers)))
+            (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-undownloaded num)
+            (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unfetched    num)))
+
+       (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded (cdr undownloaded)
+              gnus-newsgroup-unfetched    (cdr unfetched))))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-catchup ()
-  "Mark all undownloaded articles as read."
+  "Mark as read all unhandled articles.
+An article is unhandled if it is neither cached, nor downloaded, nor
+downloadable."
   (interactive)
   (save-excursion
-    (while gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
-      (gnus-summary-mark-article
-       (pop gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded) gnus-catchup-mark)))
-  (gnus-summary-position-point))
+    (let ((articles gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))
+      (when (or gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
+                gnus-newsgroup-cached)
+        (setq articles (gnus-sorted-ndifference
+                       (gnus-sorted-ndifference
+                        (copy-sequence articles)
+                        gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
+                       gnus-newsgroup-cached)))
+
+      (while articles
+        (gnus-summary-mark-article
+         (pop articles) gnus-catchup-mark)))
+    (gnus-summary-position-point)))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-summary-fetch-series ()
   (interactive)
-  (let ((dl gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
-    (while gnus-newsgroup-processable
-      (let* ((art (car (last gnus-newsgroup-processable)))
-             (gnus-newsgroup-downloadable (list art)))
-        (gnus-summary-goto-subject art)
-        (sit-for 0)
-        (gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group)
-        (setq dl (delq art dl))
-        (gnus-summary-remove-process-mark art)
-        (sit-for 0)))
-    (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable dl)))
+  (when gnus-newsgroup-processable
+    (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
+          (let* ((dl gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
+                 (gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
+                 (sort (copy-sequence gnus-newsgroup-processable) '<))
+                 (fetched-articles (gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group)))
+            ;; The preceeding call to (gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group)
+            ;; updated gnus-newsgroup-downloadable to remove each
+            ;; article successfully fetched.
+
+            ;; For each article that I processed, remove its
+            ;; processable mark IF the article is no longer
+            ;; downloadable (i.e. it's already downloaded)
+            (dolist (article gnus-newsgroup-processable)
+              (unless (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
+                (gnus-summary-remove-process-mark article)))
+            (gnus-sorted-ndifference dl fetched-articles)))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group (&optional all)
   "Fetch the downloadable articles in the group.
@@ -809,24 +847,35 @@ Optional arg ALL, if non-nil, means to fetch all articles."
         (if all gnus-newsgroup-articles
           gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
        (gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group gnus-newsgroup-name))
-       (state gnus-plugged))
-    (unwind-protect
-       (progn
-         (unless state
-           (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t))
-         (unless articles
-           (error "No articles to download"))
-         (gnus-agent-with-fetch
-           (gnus-agent-fetch-articles gnus-newsgroup-name articles))
-         (save-excursion
-           (dolist (article articles)
-             (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
-                   (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
-             (if gnus-agent-mark-unread-after-downloaded
-                 (gnus-summary-mark-article article gnus-unread-mark)))))
-      (when (and (not state)
-                gnus-plugged)
-       (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged nil)))))
+        fetched-articles)
+    (gnus-agent-while-plugged
+      (unless articles
+        (error "No articles to download"))
+      (gnus-agent-with-fetch
+        (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
+              (gnus-sorted-ndifference
+               gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
+               (setq fetched-articles
+                     (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
+                      gnus-newsgroup-name articles)))))
+      (save-excursion
+        (dolist (article articles)
+          (let ((was-marked-downloadable 
+                 (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)))
+            (cond (gnus-agent-mark-unread-after-downloaded
+                   (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
+                         (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
+
+                   ;; The downloadable mark is implemented as a
+                   ;; type of read mark.  Therefore, marking the
+                   ;; article as unread is sufficient to clear
+                   ;; its downloadable flag.  
+                   (gnus-summary-mark-article article gnus-unread-mark))
+                  (was-marked-downloadable
+                   (gnus-summary-set-agent-mark article t)))
+            (when (gnus-summary-goto-subject article nil t)
+              (gnus-summary-update-download-mark article))))))
+    fetched-articles))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-fetch-selected-article ()
   "Fetch the current article as it is selected.
@@ -834,9 +883,14 @@ This can be added to `gnus-select-article-hook' or
 `gnus-mark-article-hook'."
   (let ((gnus-command-method gnus-current-select-method))
     (when (and gnus-plugged (gnus-agent-method-p gnus-command-method))
-      (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
-       gnus-newsgroup-name
-       (list gnus-current-article)))))
+      (when (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
+             gnus-newsgroup-name
+            (list gnus-current-article))
+       (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
+             (delq gnus-current-article gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))
+       (gnus-summary-update-article-line
+        gnus-current-article
+        (gnus-summary-article-header gnus-current-article))))))
 
 ;;;
 ;;; Internal functions
@@ -913,7 +967,7 @@ This can be added to `gnus-select-article-hook' or
          (delete-char 1))))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-group-path (group)
-  "Translate GROUP into a path."
+  "Translate GROUP into a file name."
   (if nnmail-use-long-file-names
       (gnus-group-real-name group)
     (nnheader-translate-file-chars
@@ -925,8 +979,6 @@ This can be added to `gnus-select-article-hook' or
        ?. ?_)
       ?. ?/))))
 
-\f
-
 (defun gnus-agent-get-function (method)
   (if (gnus-online method)
       (car method)
@@ -966,80 +1018,131 @@ This can be added to `gnus-select-article-hook' or
 
 (defun gnus-agent-fetch-articles (group articles)
   "Fetch ARTICLES from GROUP and put them into the Agent."
-  (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
   (when articles
-    ;; Prune off articles that we have already fetched.
-    (while (and articles
-               (cdr (assq (car articles) gnus-agent-article-alist)))
-      (pop articles))
-    (let ((arts articles))
-      (while (cdr arts)
-       (if (cdr (assq (cadr arts) gnus-agent-article-alist))
-           (setcdr arts (cddr arts))
-         (setq arts (cdr arts)))))
-    (when articles
-      (let ((dir (concat
-                 (gnus-agent-directory)
-                 (gnus-agent-group-path group) "/"))
-           (date (time-to-days (current-time)))
-           (case-fold-search t)
-           pos crosses id elem)
-       (gnus-make-directory dir)
-       (gnus-message 7 "Fetching articles for %s..." group)
-       ;; Fetch the articles from the backend.
-       (if (gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-articles group)
-           (setq pos (gnus-retrieve-articles articles group))
-         (with-temp-buffer
-           (let (article)
-             (while (setq article (pop articles))
-               (gnus-message 10 "Fetching article %s for %s..."
-                             article group)
-               (when (or
-                      (gnus-backlog-request-article group article
-                                                    nntp-server-buffer)
-                      (gnus-request-article article group))
-                 (goto-char (point-max))
-                 (push (cons article (point)) pos)
-                 (insert-buffer-substring nntp-server-buffer)))
-             (copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
-             (setq pos (nreverse pos)))))
-       ;; Then save these articles into the Agent.
-       (save-excursion
-         (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
-         (while pos
-           (narrow-to-region (cdar pos) (or (cdadr pos) (point-max)))
-           (goto-char (point-min))
-           (unless (eobp)  ;; Don't save empty articles.
-             (when (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
-               (when (search-backward "\nXrefs: " nil t)
-                 ;; Handle cross posting.
-                  (goto-char (match-end 0)) ; move to end of header name
-                 (skip-chars-forward "^ ") ; skip server name
-                 (skip-chars-forward " ")
-                 (setq crosses nil)
-                 (while (looking-at "\\([^: \n]+\\):\\([0-9]+\\) *")
-                   (push (cons (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
-                                                 (match-end 1))
-                               (string-to-int (buffer-substring (match-beginning 2)
-                                                                 (match-end 2))))
-                         crosses)
-                   (goto-char (match-end 0)))
-                 (gnus-agent-crosspost crosses (caar pos) date)))
-             (goto-char (point-min))
-             (if (not (re-search-forward
-                       "^Message-ID: *<\\([^>\n]+\\)>" nil t))
-                 (setq id "No-Message-ID-in-article")
-               (setq id (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))))
-             (let ((coding-system-for-write
-                    gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
-               (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
-                             (concat dir (number-to-string (caar pos)))
-                             nil 'silent))
-             (when (setq elem (assq (caar pos) gnus-agent-article-alist))
-               (setcdr elem date)))
-           (widen)
-           (pop pos)))
-       (gnus-agent-save-alist group)))))
+    (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
+    (let* ((alist   gnus-agent-article-alist)
+           (headers (if (< (length articles) 2) nil gnus-newsgroup-headers))
+           (selected-sets (list nil))
+           (current-set-size 0)
+           article
+           header-number)
+      ;; Check each article
+      (while (setq article (pop articles))
+        ;; Skip alist entries preceeding this article
+        (while (> article (or (caar alist) (1+ article)))
+          (setq alist (cdr alist)))
+
+        ;; Prune off articles that we have already fetched.
+        (unless (and (eq article (caar alist))
+                     (cdar alist))
+          ;; Skip headers preceeding this article
+          (while (> article 
+                    (setq header-number
+                          (let* ((header (car headers)))
+                            (if header
+                                (mail-header-number header)
+                              (1+ article)))))
+            (setq headers (cdr headers)))
+
+          ;; Add this article to the current set
+          (setcar selected-sets (cons article (car selected-sets)))
+
+          ;; Update the set size, when the set is too large start a
+          ;; new one.  I do this after adding the article as I want at
+          ;; least one article in each set.
+          (when (< gnus-agent-max-fetch-size
+                   (setq current-set-size
+                        (+ current-set-size
+                           (if (= header-number article)
+                                (let ((char-size (mail-header-chars (car headers))))
+                                  (if (<= char-size 0)
+                                    (max (* 65 (mail-header-lines (car headers)))
+                                         1000)
+                                    char-size))
+                             0))))
+            (setcar selected-sets (nreverse (car selected-sets)))
+            (setq selected-sets (cons nil selected-sets)
+                  current-set-size 0))))
+
+      (when (or (cdr selected-sets) (car selected-sets))
+        (let* ((fetched-articles (list nil))
+               (tail-fetched-articles fetched-articles)
+               (dir (concat
+                     (gnus-agent-directory)
+                     (gnus-agent-group-path group) "/"))
+               (date (time-to-days (current-time)))
+               (case-fold-search t)
+               pos crosses id)
+
+          (setcar selected-sets (nreverse (car selected-sets)))
+          (setq selected-sets (nreverse selected-sets))
+
+          (gnus-make-directory dir)
+          (gnus-message 7 "Fetching articles for %s..." group)
+          
+          (unwind-protect
+              (while (setq articles (pop selected-sets))
+                ;; Fetch the articles from the backend.
+                (if (gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-articles group)
+                    (setq pos (gnus-retrieve-articles articles group))
+                  (with-temp-buffer
+                    (let (article)
+                      (while (setq article (pop articles))
+                        (gnus-message 10 "Fetching article %s for %s..."
+                                      article group)
+                        (when (or
+                               (gnus-backlog-request-article group article
+                                                             nntp-server-buffer)
+                               (gnus-request-article article group))
+                          (goto-char (point-max))
+                          (push (cons article (point)) pos)
+                          (insert-buffer-substring nntp-server-buffer)))
+                      (copy-to-buffer
+                      nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
+                      (setq pos (nreverse pos)))))
+                ;; Then save these articles into the Agent.
+                (save-excursion
+                  (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
+                  (while pos
+                    (narrow-to-region (cdar pos) (or (cdadr pos) (point-max)))
+                    (goto-char (point-min))
+                    (unless (eobp) ;; Don't save empty articles.
+                      (when (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
+                        (when (search-backward "\nXrefs: " nil t)
+                          ;; Handle cross posting.
+                          (goto-char (match-end 0)) ; move to end of header name
+                          (skip-chars-forward "^ ") ; skip server name
+                          (skip-chars-forward " ")
+                          (setq crosses nil)
+                          (while (looking-at "\\([^: \n]+\\):\\([0-9]+\\) *")
+                            (push (cons (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
+                                                          (match-end 1))
+                                        (string-to-int
+                                        (buffer-substring (match-beginning 2)
+                                                          (match-end 2))))
+                                  crosses)
+                            (goto-char (match-end 0)))
+                          (gnus-agent-crosspost crosses (caar pos) date)))
+                      (goto-char (point-min))
+                      (if (not (re-search-forward
+                                "^Message-ID: *<\\([^>\n]+\\)>" nil t))
+                          (setq id "No-Message-ID-in-article")
+                        (setq id (buffer-substring
+                                 (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))))
+                      (let ((coding-system-for-write
+                             gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+                        (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
+                                      (concat dir (number-to-string (caar pos)))
+                                      nil 'silent))
+
+                      (gnus-agent-append-to-list
+                      tail-fetched-articles (caar pos)))
+                    (widen)
+                    (pop pos))))
+
+            (gnus-agent-save-alist group (cdr fetched-articles) date)
+            (gnus-message 7 nil))
+          (cdr fetched-articles))))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-crosspost (crosses article &optional date)
   (setq date (or date t))
@@ -1071,34 +1174,61 @@ This can be added to `gnus-select-article-hook' or
         (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer))
       (pop crosses))))
 
+(defun gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer ()
+  (when gnus-newsgroup-name
+    (let ((root (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" gnus-newsgroup-name))
+          (cnt 0)
+          name)
+      (while (file-exists-p
+             (setq name (concat root "~"
+                                (int-to-string (setq cnt (1+ cnt))) "~"))))
+      (write-region (point-min) (point-max) name nil 'no-msg)
+      (gnus-message 1 "Created backup copy of overview in %s." name)))
+  t)
+
 (defun gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer (&optional buffer)
   "Check the overview file given for sanity.
 In particular, checks that the file is sorted by article number
 and that there are no duplicates."
-  (let (prev-num)
+  (let ((prev-num -1)
+        (backed-up nil))
     (save-excursion
-      (when buffer (set-buffer buffer))
-      (save-excursion
-        (save-restriction
-          (let ((deactivate-mark (if (boundp 'deactivate-mark)
-                                    (symbol-value 'deactivate-mark)
-                                  nil)))
-            (widen)
-            (goto-char (point-min))
-            (setq prev-num (number-at-point))
-            (while (and (zerop (forward-line 1))
-                        (not (eobp)))
-              (let ((cur (number-at-point)))
-                (cond ((= cur prev-num)
-                       (gnus-message 10
-                                     "Duplicate overview line for %d" cur)
-                       (debug nil (format "Duplicate overview line for %d" cur))
-                       (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
-                      ((< cur prev-num)
-                       (gnus-message 10 "Overview buffer not sorted!")
-                       (debug nil "Overview buffer not sorted!"))))
-              (setq prev-num (number-at-point)))))))))
+      (when buffer
+       (set-buffer buffer))
+      (save-restriction
+       (widen)
+       (goto-char (point-min))
 
+       (while (< (point) (point-max))
+         (let ((p (point))
+               (cur (condition-case nil
+                        (read (current-buffer))
+                      (error nil))))
+           (cond
+            ((or (not (integerp cur))
+                 (not (eq (char-after) ?\t)))
+              (or backed-up
+                  (setq backed-up (gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer)))
+             (gnus-message 1
+                           "Overview buffer contains garbage '%s'."
+                           (buffer-substring
+                            p (gnus-point-at-eol))))
+            ((= cur prev-num)
+             (or backed-up
+                  (setq backed-up (gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer)))
+              (gnus-message 1
+                           "Duplicate overview line for %d" cur)
+             (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
+            ((< cur prev-num)
+             (or backed-up
+                  (setq backed-up (gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer)))
+              (gnus-message 1 "Overview buffer not sorted!")
+             (sort-numeric-fields 1 (point-min) (point-max))
+             (goto-char (point-min))
+             (setq prev-num -1))
+            (t
+             (setq prev-num cur)))
+           (forward-line 1)))))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-flush-cache ()
   (save-excursion
@@ -1112,7 +1242,8 @@ and that there are no duplicates."
                      nil 'silent))
       (pop gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
     (while gnus-agent-group-alist
-      (with-temp-file (gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" (caar gnus-agent-group-alist))
+      (with-temp-file (gnus-agent-article-name
+                      ".agentview" (caar gnus-agent-group-alist))
        (princ (cdar gnus-agent-group-alist))
        (insert "\n")
         (princ 1 (current-buffer))
@@ -1120,6 +1251,9 @@ and that there are no duplicates."
       (pop gnus-agent-group-alist))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-fetch-headers (group &optional force)
+  "Fetch interesting headers into the agent.  The group's overview
+file will be updated to include the headers while a list of available
+article numbers will be returned."
   (let* ((fetch-all (and gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
                          ;; Do not fetch all headers if the predicate
                          ;; implies that we only consider unread articles.
@@ -1141,59 +1275,79 @@ and that there are no duplicates."
       ;; interesting marks.  (We have to fetch articles with boring marks
       ;; because otherwise the agent will remove their marks.)
       (dolist (arts (gnus-info-marks (gnus-get-info group)))
-        (unless (memq (car arts) '(seen recent))
+        (unless (memq (car arts) '(seen recent killed cache))
           (setq articles (gnus-range-add articles (cdr arts)))))
       (setq articles (sort (gnus-uncompress-sequence articles) '<)))
 
-    ;; At this point, I have the list of articles to consider for fetching.  
-    ;; This is the list that I'll return to my caller. Some of these articles may have already 
-    ;; been fetched.  That's OK as the fetch article code will filter those out.
-    ;; Internally, I'll filter this list to just those articles whose headers need to be fetched.
+    ;; At this point, I have the list of articles to consider for
+    ;; fetching.  This is the list that I'll return to my caller. Some
+    ;; of these articles may have already been fetched.  That's OK as
+    ;; the fetch article code will filter those out.  Internally, I'll
+    ;; filter this list to just those articles whose headers need to
+    ;; be fetched.
     (let ((articles articles))
       ;; Remove known articles.
       (when (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
         ;; Remove articles marked as downloaded.
         (if fetch-all
-            ;; I want to fetch all headers in the active range.  
-            ;; Therefore, exclude only those headers that are in the article alist.
-            ;; NOTE: This is probably NOT what I want to do after agent expiration in this group.
+            ;; I want to fetch all headers in the active range.
+            ;; Therefore, exclude only those headers that are in the
+            ;; article alist.
+            ;; NOTE: This is probably NOT what I want to do after
+            ;; agent expiration in this group.
             (setq articles (gnus-agent-uncached-articles articles group))
 
-          ;; I want to only fetch those headers that have never been fetched. 
-          ;; Therefore, exclude all headers that are, or WERE, in the article alist.
+          ;; I want to only fetch those headers that have never been
+          ;; fetched.  Therefore, exclude all headers that are, or
+          ;; WERE, in the article alist.
           (let ((low (1+ (caar (last gnus-agent-article-alist))))
                 (high (cdr (gnus-active group))))
-            ;; Low can be greater than High when the same group is fetched twice
-            ;; in the same session {The first fetch will fill the article alist 
-            ;; such that (last gnus-agent-article-alist) equals (cdr (gnus-active group))}.  
-            ;; The addition of one(the 1+ above) then forces Low to be greater than High.  
-            ;; When this happens, gnus-list-range-intersection returns nil which indicates 
-            ;; that no headers need to be fetched. -- Kevin
+            ;; Low can be greater than High when the same group is
+            ;; fetched twice in the same session {The first fetch will
+            ;; fill the article alist such that (last
+            ;; gnus-agent-article-alist) equals (cdr (gnus-active
+            ;; group))}.  The addition of one(the 1+ above) then
+            ;; forces Low to be greater than High.  When this happens,
+            ;; gnus-list-range-intersection returns nil which
+            ;; indicates that no headers need to be fetched. -- Kevin
             (setq articles (gnus-list-range-intersection
                             articles (list (cons low high)))))))
-      (when articles
-        (gnus-message 7 "Fetching headers for %s..." group)
-
-        ;; Fetch them.
-        (gnus-make-directory (nnheader-translate-file-chars
-                              (file-name-directory file) t))
-
-        (save-excursion
-          (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
-          (unless (eq 'nov (gnus-retrieve-headers articles group))
-            (nnvirtual-convert-headers))
-          (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
-          ;; Move these headers to the overview buffer so that gnus-agent-brand-nov can merge them
-          ;; with the contents of FILE.
-          (copy-to-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
-          (when (file-exists-p file)
-            (gnus-agent-braid-nov group articles file))
-          (let ((coding-system-for-write
-                 gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
-          (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
-            (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
-          (gnus-agent-save-alist group articles nil)
-          articles)))
+
+      (gnus-message
+       10 "gnus-agent-fetch-headers: undownloaded articles are '%s'"
+       (gnus-compress-sequence articles t))
+
+      (save-excursion
+        (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
+
+        (if articles
+            (progn
+              (gnus-message 7 "Fetching headers for %s..." group)
+
+              ;; Fetch them.
+              (gnus-make-directory (nnheader-translate-file-chars
+                                    (file-name-directory file) t))
+
+              (unless (eq 'nov (gnus-retrieve-headers articles group))
+                (nnvirtual-convert-headers))
+              (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
+              ;; Move these headers to the overview buffer so that
+              ;; gnus-agent-braid-nov can merge them with the contents
+              ;; of FILE.
+              (copy-to-buffer
+              gnus-agent-overview-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
+              (when (file-exists-p file)
+                (gnus-agent-braid-nov group articles file))
+              (let ((coding-system-for-write
+                     gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+                (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
+                (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
+              (gnus-agent-save-alist group articles nil)
+              articles)
+          (ignore-errors
+            (erase-buffer)
+            (nnheader-insert-file-contents file))))
+      )
     articles))
 
 (defsubst gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (article)
@@ -1212,8 +1366,9 @@ and that there are no duplicates."
       (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer b e))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-braid-nov (group articles file)
-  "Merges the article headers identified by ARTICLES from gnus-agent-overview-buffer with the contents
-of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
+  "Merge agent overview data with given file.
+Takes headers for ARTICLES from `gnus-agent-overview-buffer' and the given
+FILE and places the combined headers into `nntp-server-buffer'."
   (let (start last)
     (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
     (goto-char (point-min))
@@ -1221,10 +1376,19 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
     (erase-buffer)
     (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
     (goto-char (point-max))
+    (forward-line -1)
+    (unless (looking-at "[0-9]+\t")
+      ;; Remove corrupted lines
+      (gnus-message
+       1 "Overview %s is corrupted. Removing corrupted lines..." file)
+      (goto-char (point-min))
+      (while (not (eobp))
+       (if (looking-at "[0-9]+\t")
+           (forward-line 1)
+         (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))))
+      (forward-line -1))
     (unless (or (= (point-min) (point-max))
-               (progn
-                 (forward-line -1)
-                 (< (setq last (read (current-buffer))) (car articles))))
+               (< (setq last (read (current-buffer))) (car articles)))
       ;; We do it the hard way.
       (when (nnheader-find-nov-line (car articles))
         ;; Replacing existing NOV entry
@@ -1239,7 +1403,8 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
                           t)
                          ((= art (car articles))
                           (beginning-of-line)
-                          (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
+                          (delete-region
+                          (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
                           nil)
                          (t
                           (beginning-of-line)
@@ -1261,19 +1426,24 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
        (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
       (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer start))))
 
-(eval-when-compile ; Keeps the compiler from warning about the free variable in gnus-agent-read-agentview
+;; Keeps the compiler from warning about the free variable in
+;; gnus-agent-read-agentview.
+(eval-when-compile
   (defvar gnus-agent-read-agentview))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-load-alist (group)
-  (let ((gnus-agent-read-agentview group)) ; Binds free variable that's used in gnus-agent-read-agentview
-    "Load the article-state alist for GROUP."
+  "Load the article-state alist for GROUP."
+  ;; Bind free variable that's used in `gnus-agent-read-agentview'.
+  (let ((gnus-agent-read-agentview group))
     (setq gnus-agent-article-alist
           (gnus-cache-file-contents
            (gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group)
            'gnus-agent-file-loading-cache
            'gnus-agent-read-agentview))))
 
-;; Save format may be either 1 or 2.  Two is the new, compressed format that is still being tested.  Format 1 is uncompressed but known to be reliable.
+;; Save format may be either 1 or 2.  Two is the new, compressed
+;; format that is still being tested.  Format 1 is uncompressed but
+;; known to be reliable.
 (defconst gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format 2)
 
 (defun gnus-agent-read-agentview (file)
@@ -1287,34 +1457,39 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
                        (end-of-file 0)))
             changed-version)
 
-        (cond ((= version 0)
-               (let ((inhibit-quit t)
-                     entry)
-                 (gnus-agent-open-history)
-                 (set-buffer (gnus-agent-history-buffer))
-                 (goto-char (point-min))
-                 (while (not (eobp))
-                   (if (and (looking-at
-                             "[^\t\n]+\t\\([0-9]+\\)\t\\([^ \n]+\\) \\([0-9]+\\)")
-                            (string= (match-string 2)
-                                     gnus-agent-read-agentview)
-                            (setq entry (assoc (string-to-number (match-string 3)) alist)))
-                       (setcdr entry (string-to-number (match-string 1))))
-                   (forward-line 1))
-                 (gnus-agent-close-history)
-                 (setq changed-version t)))
-              ((= version 1)
-               (setq changed-version (not (= 1 gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format))))
-              ((= version 2)
-               (let (uncomp)
-                 (mapcar (lambda (comp-list)
-                           (let ((state (car comp-list))
-                                 (sequence (gnus-uncompress-sequence (cdr comp-list))))
-                             (mapcar (lambda (article-id)
-                                       (setq uncomp (cons (cons article-id state) uncomp))) sequence))) alist)
-                 (setq alist (sort uncomp (lambda (first second) (< (car first) (car second)))))
-                 )
-               ))
+        (cond
+        ((= version 0)
+         (let ((inhibit-quit t)
+               entry)
+           (gnus-agent-open-history)
+           (set-buffer (gnus-agent-history-buffer))
+           (goto-char (point-min))
+           (while (not (eobp))
+             (if (and (looking-at
+                       "[^\t\n]+\t\\([0-9]+\\)\t\\([^ \n]+\\) \\([0-9]+\\)")
+                      (string= (match-string 2)
+                               gnus-agent-read-agentview)
+                      (setq entry (assoc (string-to-number (match-string 3)) alist)))
+                 (setcdr entry (string-to-number (match-string 1))))
+             (forward-line 1))
+           (gnus-agent-close-history)
+           (setq changed-version t)))
+        ((= version 1)
+         (setq changed-version (not (= 1 gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format))))
+        ((= version 2)
+         (let (uncomp)
+           (mapcar
+            (lambda (comp-list)
+              (let ((state (car comp-list))
+                    (sequence (gnus-uncompress-sequence
+                               (cdr comp-list))))
+                (mapcar (lambda (article-id)
+                          (setq uncomp (cons (cons article-id state) uncomp)))
+                        sequence)))
+            alist)
+           (setq alist (sort uncomp
+                             (lambda (first second)
+                               (< (car first) (car second))))))))
         (when changed-version
           (let ((gnus-agent-article-alist alist))
             (gnus-agent-save-alist gnus-agent-read-agentview)))
@@ -1339,6 +1514,9 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
        (setcdr (cadr prev) state)))
       (setq prev (cdr prev)))
     (setq gnus-agent-article-alist (cdr all))
+    (if dir
+       (gnus-make-directory dir)
+      (gnus-make-directory (gnus-agent-article-name "" group)))
     (with-temp-file (if dir
                        (expand-file-name ".agentview" dir)
                      (gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group))
@@ -1351,20 +1529,24 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
                                 (day-of-download (cdr pair))
                                 (comp-list (assq day-of-download compressed)))
                            (if comp-list
-                               (setcdr comp-list (cons article-id (cdr comp-list)))
-                             (setq compressed (cons (list day-of-download article-id) compressed)))
+                               (setcdr comp-list
+                                      (cons article-id (cdr comp-list)))
+                             (setq compressed
+                                  (cons (list day-of-download article-id)
+                                        compressed)))
                            nil)) gnus-agent-article-alist)
-               (mapcar (lambda (comp-list) (setcdr comp-list (gnus-compress-sequence (nreverse (cdr comp-list))))) compressed)
-               (princ compressed (current-buffer))
-               )
-             )
-            )
+               (mapcar (lambda (comp-list)
+                        (setcdr comp-list
+                                (gnus-compress-sequence
+                                 (nreverse (cdr comp-list)))))
+                      compressed)
+               (princ compressed (current-buffer)))))
       (insert "\n")
       (princ gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format (current-buffer))
       (insert "\n"))))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-article-name (article group)
-  (expand-file-name (if (stringp article) article (string-to-number article))
+  (expand-file-name article
                    (file-name-as-directory
                     (expand-file-name (gnus-agent-group-path group)
                                       (gnus-agent-directory)))))
@@ -1395,24 +1577,24 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
     (save-excursion
       (while methods
        (condition-case err
-           (progn
-             (setq gnus-command-method (car methods))
-             (when (and (or (gnus-server-opened gnus-command-method)
-                            (gnus-open-server gnus-command-method))
-                        (gnus-online gnus-command-method))
-               (setq groups (gnus-groups-from-server (car methods)))
-               (gnus-agent-with-fetch
-                 (while (setq group (pop groups))
-                   (when (<= (gnus-group-level group) gnus-agent-handle-level)
-                     (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method))))))
+                   (progn
+                     (setq gnus-command-method (car methods))
+                     (when (and (or (gnus-server-opened gnus-command-method)
+                                    (gnus-open-server gnus-command-method))
+                                (gnus-online gnus-command-method))
+                       (setq groups (gnus-groups-from-server (car methods)))
+                       (gnus-agent-with-fetch
+                         (while (setq group (pop groups))
+                           (when (<= (gnus-group-level group) gnus-agent-handle-level)
+                             (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method))))))
          (error
-           (unless (funcall gnus-agent-confirmation-function
-                           (format "Error %s.  Continue? " (cdr err)))
-             (error "Cannot fetch articles into the Gnus agent")))
+                  (unless (funcall gnus-agent-confirmation-function
+                                   (format "Error %s.  Continue? " (cdr err)))
+                    (error "Cannot fetch articles into the Gnus agent")))
          (quit
-          (unless (funcall gnus-agent-confirmation-function
-                           (format "Quit fetching session %s.  Continue? "
-                                   (cdr err)))
+                  (unless (funcall gnus-agent-confirmation-function
+                                   (format "Quit fetching session %s.  Continue? "
+                                           (cdr err)))
             (signal 'quit "Cannot fetch articles into the Gnus agent"))))
        (pop methods))
       (run-hooks 'gnus-agent-fetch-hook)
@@ -1422,90 +1604,174 @@ of FILE placing the combined headers in nntp-server-buffer."
   "Fetch GROUP."
   (let ((gnus-command-method method)
        (gnus-newsgroup-name group)
-       gnus-newsgroup-dependencies gnus-newsgroup-headers
-       gnus-newsgroup-scored gnus-headers gnus-score
-       gnus-use-cache articles arts
-       category predicate info marks score-param
+       (gnus-newsgroup-dependencies gnus-newsgroup-dependencies)
+        (gnus-newsgroup-headers gnus-newsgroup-headers)
+       (gnus-newsgroup-scored gnus-newsgroup-scored)
+       (gnus-use-cache gnus-use-cache)
        (gnus-summary-expunge-below gnus-summary-expunge-below)
        (gnus-summary-mark-below gnus-summary-mark-below)
        (gnus-orphan-score gnus-orphan-score)
        ;; Maybe some other gnus-summary local variables should also
        ;; be put here.
+
+        gnus-headers
+        gnus-score
+        articles arts
+       category predicate info marks score-param
        )
     (unless (gnus-check-group group)
       (error "Can't open server for %s" group))
+
     ;; Fetch headers.
-    (when (and (or (gnus-active group)
-                  (gnus-activate-group group))
-              (setq articles (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group))
-              (let ((nntp-server-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer))
-                ;; Parse them and see which articles we want to fetch.
-                (setq gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
-                      (make-vector (length articles) 0))
-                (setq gnus-newsgroup-headers
-                      (gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover articles nil nil
-                                                        group))
-                ;; Some articles may not exist, so update `articles'
-                ;; from what was actually found.  -- kai
-                (setq articles
-                      (mapcar (lambda (x) (aref x 0))
-                              gnus-newsgroup-headers))
-                ;; `gnus-agent-overview-buffer' may be killed for
-                ;; timeout reason.  If so, recreate it.
-                (gnus-agent-create-buffer)))
-      (setq category (gnus-group-category group))
-      (setq predicate
-           (gnus-get-predicate
-            (or (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'agent-predicate t)
-                (cadr category))))
-      (if (memq predicate '(gnus-agent-true gnus-agent-false))
-         ;; Simple implementation
-         (setq arts (and (eq predicate 'gnus-agent-true) articles))
-       (setq arts nil)
-       (setq score-param
-             (or (gnus-group-get-parameter group 'agent-score t)
-                 (caddr category)))
-       ;; Translate score-param into real one
-       (cond
-        ((not score-param))
-        ((eq score-param 'file)
-         (setq score-param (gnus-all-score-files group)))
-        ((stringp (car score-param)))
-        (t
-         (setq score-param (list (list score-param)))))
-       (when score-param
-         (gnus-score-headers score-param))
-      
-        ;; Construct arts list with same order as gnus-newsgroup-headers
-        (let* ((a (list nil)) 
-               (b a))
-          (while (setq gnus-headers (pop gnus-newsgroup-headers))
-            (setq gnus-score
-                  (or (cdr (assq (mail-header-number gnus-headers)
-                                 gnus-newsgroup-scored))
-                      gnus-summary-default-score))
-            (when (funcall predicate)
-              (setq a (setcdr a (list (mail-header-number gnus-headers))))))
-          (setq arts (cdr b))))
-
-      ;; Fetch the articles.
-      (when arts
-       (gnus-agent-fetch-articles group arts)))
-    ;; Perhaps we have some additional articles to fetch.
-    (dolist (mark gnus-agent-download-marks)
-      (setq arts (assq mark (gnus-info-marks
-                            (setq info (gnus-get-info group)))))
-      (when (cdr arts)
-       (gnus-message 8 "Agent is downloading marked articles...")
-       (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
-        group (gnus-uncompress-range (cdr arts)))
-       (when (eq mark 'download)
-         (setq marks (delq arts (gnus-info-marks info)))
-         (gnus-info-set-marks info marks)
-         (gnus-dribble-enter
-          (concat "(gnus-group-set-info '"
-                  (gnus-prin1-to-string info)
-                  ")")))))))
+    (when (or gnus-newsgroup-active
+              (gnus-active group)
+              (gnus-activate-group group))
+      (let ((marked-articles gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
+        ;; Identify the articles marked for download
+        (unless gnus-newsgroup-active
+         ;; The variable gnus-newsgroup-active was selected as I need
+         ;; a gnus-summary local variable that is NOT bound to any
+         ;; value (its global value should default to nil).
+          (dolist (mark gnus-agent-download-marks)
+            (let ((arts (cdr (assq mark (gnus-info-marks
+                                         (setq info (gnus-get-info group)))))))
+              (when arts
+                (setq marked-articles (nconc (gnus-uncompress-range arts)
+                                             marked-articles))
+                ))))
+        (setq marked-articles (sort marked-articles '<))
+
+        ;; Fetch any new articles from the server
+        (setq articles (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group))
+
+        ;; Merge new articles with marked
+        (setq articles (sort (append marked-articles articles) '<))
+
+        (when articles
+          ;; Parse them and see which articles we want to fetch.
+          (setq gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
+                (or gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
+                    (make-vector (length articles) 0)))
+          (setq gnus-newsgroup-headers
+                (or gnus-newsgroup-headers
+                    (gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover articles nil nil
+                                                      group)))
+          ;; `gnus-agent-overview-buffer' may be killed for
+          ;; timeout reason.  If so, recreate it.
+          (gnus-agent-create-buffer)
+
+          ;; Figure out how to select articles in this group
+          (setq category (gnus-group-category group))
+
+          (setq predicate
+                (gnus-get-predicate
+                 (or (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'agent-predicate t)
+                     (cadr category))))
+
+          ;; If the selection predicate requires scoring, score each header
+          (unless (memq predicate '(gnus-agent-true gnus-agent-false))
+            (let ((score-param
+                   (or (gnus-group-get-parameter group 'agent-score t)
+                       (caddr category))))
+              ;; Translate score-param into real one
+              (cond
+               ((not score-param))
+               ((eq score-param 'file)
+                (setq score-param (gnus-all-score-files group)))
+               ((stringp (car score-param)))
+               (t
+                (setq score-param (list (list score-param)))))
+              (when score-param
+                (gnus-score-headers score-param))))
+
+          (unless (and (eq predicate 'gnus-agent-false)
+                       (not marked-articles))
+            (let ((arts (list nil)))
+              (let ((arts-tail arts)
+                    (alist (gnus-agent-load-alist group))
+                    (marked-articles marked-articles)
+                    (gnus-newsgroup-headers gnus-newsgroup-headers))
+                (while (setq gnus-headers (pop gnus-newsgroup-headers))
+                  (let ((num (mail-header-number gnus-headers)))
+                    ;; Determine if this article is already in the cache
+                    (while (and alist
+                                (> num (caar alist)))
+                      (setq alist (cdr alist)))
+
+                    (unless (and (eq num (caar alist))
+                                 (cdar alist))
+
+                      ;; Determine if this article was marked for download.
+                      (while (and marked-articles
+                                  (> num (car marked-articles)))
+                        (setq marked-articles
+                              (cdr marked-articles)))
+
+                      ;; When this article is marked, or selected by the
+                      ;; predicate, add it to the download list
+                      (when (or (eq num (car marked-articles))
+                                (let ((gnus-score
+                                       (or (cdr
+                                           (assq num gnus-newsgroup-scored))
+                                           gnus-summary-default-score)))
+                                  (funcall predicate)))
+                        (gnus-agent-append-to-list arts-tail num))))))
+
+              (let (fetched-articles)
+                ;; Fetch all selected articles
+                (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
+                      (gnus-sorted-ndifference
+                      gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
+                      (setq fetched-articles
+                            (if (cdr arts)
+                                (gnus-agent-fetch-articles group (cdr arts))
+                              nil))))
+
+                (let ((unfetched-articles
+                      (gnus-sorted-ndifference (cdr arts) fetched-articles)))
+                  (if gnus-newsgroup-active
+                      ;; Update the summary buffer
+                      (progn
+                        (dolist (article marked-articles)
+                          (gnus-summary-set-agent-mark article t))
+                        (dolist (article fetched-articles)
+                          (if gnus-agent-mark-unread-after-downloaded
+                              (gnus-summary-mark-article
+                              article gnus-unread-mark))
+                          (when (gnus-summary-goto-subject article nil t)
+                            (gnus-summary-update-download-mark article)))
+                        (dolist (article unfetched-articles)
+                          (gnus-summary-mark-article
+                          article gnus-canceled-mark)))
+
+                    ;; Update the group buffer.
+
+                    ;; When some, or all, of the marked articles came
+                    ;; from the download mark.  Remove that mark.  I
+                    ;; didn't do this earlier as I only want to remove
+                    ;; the marks after the fetch is completed.
+
+                    (dolist (mark gnus-agent-download-marks)
+                      (when (eq mark 'download)
+                        (let ((marked-arts
+                              (assq mark (gnus-info-marks
+                                          (setq info (gnus-get-info group))))))
+                          (when (cdr marked-arts)
+                            (setq marks
+                                 (delq marked-arts (gnus-info-marks info)))
+                            (gnus-info-set-marks info marks)))))
+                    (let ((read (gnus-info-read
+                                (or info (setq info (gnus-get-info group))))))
+                      (gnus-info-set-read
+                      info (gnus-add-to-range read unfetched-articles)))
+
+                    (gnus-group-update-group group t)
+                    (sit-for 0)
+
+                    (gnus-dribble-enter
+                     (concat "(gnus-group-set-info '"
+                             (gnus-prin1-to-string info)
+                             ")"))))))))))))
 
 ;;;
 ;;; Agent Category Mode
@@ -1662,9 +1928,9 @@ The following commands are available:
 
 (defun gnus-category-read ()
   "Read the category alist."
-  (setq gnus-category-alist
-       (or (gnus-agent-read-file
-            (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/categories"))
+      (setq gnus-category-alist
+            (or (gnus-agent-read-file
+                 (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/categories"))
            (list (list 'default 'short nil nil)))))
 
 (defun gnus-category-write ()
@@ -1833,7 +2099,7 @@ The following commands are available:
     (error "Unknown category type: %s" cat))))
 
 (defun gnus-get-predicate (predicate)
-  "Return the predicate for CATEGORY."
+  "Return the function implementing PREDICATE."
   (or (cdr (assoc predicate gnus-category-predicate-cache))
       (let ((func (gnus-category-make-function predicate)))
        (setq gnus-category-predicate-cache
@@ -1862,6 +2128,360 @@ return only unread articles."
   (or (gnus-gethash group gnus-category-group-cache)
       (assq 'default gnus-category-alist)))
 
+(defun gnus-agent-expire-group (group &optional articles force)
+  "Expire all old articles in GROUP.
+If you want to force expiring of certain articles, this function can
+take ARTICLES, and FORCE parameters as well.
+
+The articles on which the expiration process runs are selected as follows:
+  if ARTICLES is null, all read and unmarked articles.
+  if ARTICLES is t, all articles.
+  if ARTICLES is a list, just those articles.
+FORCE is equivalent to setting the expiration predicates to true."
+  (interactive)
+
+  (if (not group)
+      (gnus-agent-expire articles group force)
+    (if (or (not (eq articles t))
+            (yes-or-no-p 
+             (concat "Are you sure that you want to " 
+                     "expire all articles in " group ".")))
+        (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
+              (overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
+              orig)
+          (unwind-protect
+              (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))))))
+                (save-excursion
+                  (gnus-agent-expire-group-1
+                   group overview (gnus-gethash-safe group orig)
+                   articles force)))
+            (kill-buffer overview))))
+    (gnus-message 4 "Expiry...done")))
+
+(defun gnus-agent-expire-group-1 (group overview active articles force)
+  ;; Internal function - requires caller to have set
+  ;; gnus-command-method, initialized overview buffer, and to have
+  ;; provided a non-nil active
+  (interactive)
+
+  (gnus-message 5 "Expiring articles in %s" group)
+  (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
+  (let* ((info (gnus-get-info group))
+         (alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
+         (dir (concat
+               (gnus-agent-directory)
+               (gnus-agent-group-path group)
+               "/"))
+         (day (if (numberp gnus-agent-expire-days)
+                  (- (time-to-days (current-time)) gnus-agent-expire-days)
+                (let ((days gnus-agent-expire-days))
+                  (catch 'found
+                    (while days
+                      (when (eq 0 (string-match
+                                   (caar days)
+                                   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))))
+         (specials (if (and alist
+                            (not force))
+                       ;; This could be a bit of a problem.  I need to
+                       ;; keep the last article to avoid refetching
+                       ;; headers when using nntp in the backend.  At
+                       ;; the same time, if someone uses a backend
+                       ;; that supports article moving then I may have
+                       ;; to remove the last article to complete the
+                       ;; move.  Right now, I'm going to assume that
+                       ;; FORCE overrides specials.
+                       (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 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
+            (gnus-message 10 "gnus-agent-expire: Article %d: Kept %s article." article-number 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-message 10 "gnus-agent-expire: Article %d: Article kept as expiration tests failed." article-number)
+            (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 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 (&optional articles group force)
   "Expire all old articles.
 If you want to force expiring of certain articles, this function can
@@ -1872,190 +2492,38 @@ The articles on which the expiration process runs are selected as follows:
   if ARTICLES is t, all articles.
   if ARTICLES is a list, just those articles.
 Setting GROUP will limit expiration to that group.
-FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
+FORCE is equivalent to setting the expiration predicates to true."
   (interactive)
-
-  (if force (setq force 'forced))
-
-  (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
+  
+  (if group
+      (gnus-agent-expire-group group articles force)
+    (if (or (not (eq articles t))
+            (yes-or-no-p "Are you sure that you want to expire all \
+articles in every agentized group."))
+        (let ((methods gnus-agent-covered-methods)
+              gnus-command-method overview orig)
           (setq overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
-          (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) "/")))
-                      (cond ((gnus-gethash-safe expiring-group; KJG (gnus-group-real-name expiring-group)
-                                                orig)
-                             (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)
-                                    changed-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
-                                            (ignore-errors (gnus-list-of-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))))))
-                                           ))
-                                    (keep (sort (nconc specials unreads marked) '<))
-                                    (nov-file (concat dir ".overview"))
-                                    (len (length alist))
-                                    (cnt 0)
-                                    type)
-                               (when (file-exists-p nov-file)
-                                 (set-buffer overview)
-                                 (erase-buffer)
-                                 (nnheader-insert-file-contents nov-file)
-                                 (goto-char (point-min))
-                                 (set-buffer-modified-p nil))
-                               (while alist
-                                 (let ((art (caar alist)))
-                                   (gnus-message 9 "Processing %d of %d" (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) len)
-                                   (while (< (or (car keep) (1+ art)) art)
-                                     (ignore-errors
-                                       (while (let ((nov-art (read (current-buffer))))
-                                                (cond ((< nov-art (car keep))
-                                                       (gnus-delete-line)
-                                                       t)
-                                                      ((= nov-art (car keep))
-                                                       (forward-line 1)
-                                                       nil)
-                                                      (t
-                                                       (beginning-of-line)
-                                                       nil)))))
-                                     (setq keep (cdr keep)))
-                         
-                                   (cond ((eq art (car keep))
-                                          (if (and (cdar alist)
-                                                   (not (file-exists-p (concat dir (number-to-string art)))))
-                                              (progn (setcdr (car alist) nil)
-                                                     (gnus-message 7 "Article %d: cleared download flag as local file missing" (caar alist))
-                                                     (setq changed-alist t)))
-                                          (setq alist (cdr alist)
-                                                keep (cdr keep))
-                                          (condition-case nil
-                                              (while (let ((nov-art (read (current-buffer))))
-                                                       (cond ((< nov-art art)
-                                                              (gnus-message 7 "Article %d: NOV line removed" nov-art)
-                                                              (gnus-delete-line)
-                                                              t)
-                                                             ((= nov-art art)
-                                                              (forward-line 1)
-                                                              nil)
-                                                             (t
-                                                              (beginning-of-line)
-                                                              nil))))
-                                            (error (forward-line 1))))
-                                         ((setq type (let ((fetch-date (cdar alist)))
-                                                       (or
-                                                        ;; if read but not downloaded
-                                                        (if (and (numberp fetch-date)
-                                                                 (file-exists-p (concat dir (number-to-string art))))
-                                                            nil
-                                                          'read)
-                                                        ;; We now have the arrival day, so we see
-                                                        ;; whether it's old enough to be expired.
-                                                        (if (< fetch-date
-                                                               (if (numberp day)
-                                                                   day
-                                                                 (let (found
-                                                                       (days gnus-agent-expire-days))
-                                                                   (while (and (not found)
-                                                                               days)
-                                                                     (when (eq 0 (string-match (caar days) expiring-group))
-                                                                       (setq found (cadar days)))
-                                                                     (pop days))
-                                                                   found)))
-                                                            'expired)
-                                                        force)))
-                                          
-                                          (if gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
-                                              (setq alist (cdr alist)) ;; Iterate forward
-                                            (gnus-message 7 "Article %d: Removed %s article from alist" art type)
-                                            (setcar alist (cadr alist))
-                                            (setcdr alist (cddr alist))
-                                            (setq changed-alist t))
-
-                                          (if (memq type '(forced expired))
-                                              (ignore-errors
-                                                (delete-file (concat dir (number-to-string art)))
-                                                (gnus-message 7 "Article %d: Expired local copy" art)))
-                                          (ignore-errors
-                                            (let (nov-art)
-                                              (while (<= (setq nov-art (read (current-buffer))) art)
-                                                (gnus-message 7 "Article %d: NOV line removed" nov-art)
-                                                (gnus-delete-line)))
-                                            (beginning-of-line))
-                                          )
-                                         (t
-                                          (setq alist (cdr alist)))
-                                         )
-                                   )
-                                 )
-
-                               (let ((inhibit-quit t))
-                                 (if changed-alist
-                                     (gnus-agent-save-alist expiring-group))
-                                 (if (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))
-                                   )
-                                 (if (eq articles t)
-                                     (gnus-summary-update-info))
-                                 ))))))))))))
-  (gnus-message 4 "Expiry...done"))
+          (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))
+                    (let* ((active
+                            (gnus-gethash-safe expiring-group orig)))
+                                        
+                      (when active
+                        (save-excursion
+                          (gnus-agent-expire-group-1
+                           expiring-group overview active articles force)))))))
+            (kill-buffer overview))
+          (gnus-message 4 "Expiry...done")))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun gnus-agent-batch ()
@@ -2068,33 +2536,58 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
     (gnus-group-send-queue)
     (gnus-agent-fetch-session)))
 
+(defun gnus-agent-unread-articles (group)
+  (let* ((read (gnus-info-read (gnus-get-info group)))
+        (known (gnus-agent-load-alist group))
+        (unread (list nil))
+        (tail-unread unread))
+    (while (and known read)
+      (let ((candidate (car (pop known))))
+       (while (let* ((range (car read))
+                     (min   (if (numberp range) range (car range)))
+                     (max   (if (numberp range) range (cdr range))))
+                (cond ((or (not min)
+                           (< candidate min))
+                       (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unread candidate)
+                       nil)
+                      ((> candidate max)
+                       (pop read)))))))
+    (while known
+      (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unread (car (pop known))))
+    (cdr unread)))
+
 (defun gnus-agent-uncached-articles (articles group &optional cached-header)
-  "Constructs sublist of ARTICLES that excludes those articles ids in GROUP that have already been fetched.
- If CACHED-HEADER is nil, articles are only excluded if the article itself has been fetched."
+  "Restrict ARTICLES to numbers already fetched.
+Returns a sublist of ARTICLES that excludes thos article ids in GROUP
+that have already been fetched.
+If CACHED-HEADER is nil, articles are only excluded if the article itself
+has been fetched."
+
+  ;; Logically equivalent to: (gnus-sorted-difference articles (mapcar
+  ;; 'car gnus-agent-article-alist))
 
-;; Logically equivalent to: (gnus-sorted-difference articles (mapcar 'car gnus-agent-article-alist))
-;; Functionally, I don't need to construct a temp list using mapcar.
+  ;; Functionally, I don't need to construct a temp list using mapcar.
 
   (if (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
     (let* ((ref gnus-agent-article-alist)
            (arts articles)
            (uncached (list nil))
-           (tail uncached))
+           (tail-uncached uncached))
       (while (and ref arts)
         (let ((v1 (car arts))
               (v2 (caar ref)))
           (cond ((< v1 v2) ; the article (v1) does not appear in the reference list
-                 (setq tail (setcdr tail (list v1)))
+                (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-uncached v1)
                  (pop arts))
                 ((= v1 v2)
                  (unless (or cached-header (cdar ref)) ; the article (v1) is already cached
-                   (setq tail (setcdr tail (list v1))))
+                  (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-uncached v1))
                  (pop arts)
                  (pop ref))
                 (t ; the reference article (v2) preceeds the list being filtered
                  (pop ref)))))
       (while arts
-        (setq tail (setcdr tail (list (pop arts)))))
+       (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-uncached (pop arts)))
       (cdr uncached))
     ;; if gnus-agent-load-alist fails, no articles are cached.
     articles))
@@ -2126,18 +2619,23 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
                                     uncached-articles group fetch-old)))
                      (nnvirtual-convert-headers))
                     ((eq 'nntp (car gnus-current-select-method))
-                     ;; The author of gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover reports that the XOVER command
-                     ;; is commonly unreliable. The problem is that recently posted articles may not 
-                     ;; be entered into the NOV database in time to respond to my XOVER query.
+                     ;; The author of gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover
+                     ;; reports that the XOVER command is commonly
+                     ;; unreliable. The problem is that recently
+                     ;; posted articles may not be entered into the
+                     ;; NOV database in time to respond to my XOVER
+                     ;; query.
                      ;;
-                     ;; I'm going to use his assumption that the NOV database is updated in order 
-                     ;; of ascending article ID.  Therefore, a response containing article ID N 
-                     ;; implies that all articles from 1 to N-1 are up-to-date.  Therefore, 
-                     ;; missing articles in that range have expired.
+                     ;; I'm going to use his assumption that the NOV
+                     ;; database is updated in order of ascending
+                     ;; article ID.  Therefore, a response containing
+                     ;; article ID N implies that all articles from 1
+                     ;; to N-1 are up-to-date.  Therefore, missing
+                     ;; articles in that range have expired.
                      
                      (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
                      (let* ((fetched-articles (list nil))
-                            (tail fetched-articles)
+                           (tail-fetched-articles fetched-articles)
                             (min (cond ((numberp fetch-old)
                                         (max 1 (- (car articles) fetch-old)))
                                        (fetch-old
@@ -2148,26 +2646,31 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
                        
                        ;; Get the list of articles that were fetched
                        (goto-char (point-min))
-                       (ignore-errors 
-                         (while t
-                           (setq tail (setcdr tail (cons (read (current-buffer)) nil)))
+                       (let ((pm (point-max)))
+                         (while (< (point) pm)
+                           (when (looking-at "[0-9]+\t")
+                             (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-fetched-articles (read (current-buffer))))
                            (forward-line 1)))
                        
-                       ;; Clip this list to the headers that will actually be returned
+                       ;; Clip this list to the headers that will
+                       ;; actually be returned
                        (setq fetched-articles (gnus-list-range-intersection
                                                (cdr fetched-articles)
                                                (cons min max)))
 
-                       ;; Clip the uncached articles list to exclude IDs after the last FETCHED header.  
-                       ;; The excluded IDs may be fetchable using HEAD.
-                       (if (car tail)
+                       ;; Clip the uncached articles list to exclude
+                       ;; IDs after the last FETCHED header.  The
+                       ;; excluded IDs may be fetchable using HEAD.
+                      (if (car tail-fetched-articles)
                            (setq uncached-articles (gnus-list-range-intersection 
                                                     uncached-articles 
-                                                    (cons (car uncached-articles) (car tail)))))
+                                                   (cons (car uncached-articles) (car tail-fetched-articles)))))
 
-                       ;; Create the list of articles that were "successfully" fetched.  Success, in
-                       ;; this case, means that the ID should not be fetched again.  In the case of 
-                       ;; an expired article, the header will not be fetched.
+                       ;; Create the list of articles that were
+                       ;; "successfully" fetched.  Success, in this
+                       ;; case, means that the ID should not be
+                       ;; fetched again.  In the case of an expired
+                       ;; article, the header will not be fetched.
                        (setq uncached-articles (gnus-sorted-nunion fetched-articles uncached-articles))
                        ))))
 
@@ -2179,7 +2682,8 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
            (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
            (copy-to-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
 
-            ;; Merge the temp buffer with the known headers (found on disk in FILE) into the nntp-server-buffer
+            ;; Merge the temp buffer with the known headers (found on
+            ;; disk in FILE) into the nntp-server-buffer
            (when (and uncached-articles (file-exists-p file))
              (gnus-agent-braid-nov group uncached-articles file))
 
@@ -2190,7 +2694,8 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
              (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
              (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
             
-            ;; Update the group's article alist to include the newly fetched articles.
+            ;; Update the group's article alist to include the newly
+            ;; fetched articles.
            (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
            (gnus-agent-save-alist group uncached-articles nil)
             )
@@ -2228,18 +2733,29 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
       t)))
 
 (defun gnus-agent-regenerate-group (group &optional reread)
-  "Regenerate GROUP.  If REREAD is t, all articles in the .overview are marked as unread.  If REREAD is not nil, downloaded articles are marked as unread."
+  "Regenerate GROUP.
+If REREAD is t, all articles in the .overview are marked as unread.
+If REREAD is not nil, downloaded articles are marked as unread."
+  (interactive (list (let ((def (or (gnus-group-group-name)
+                                    gnus-newsgroup-name)))
+                       (let ((select (read-string (if def (concat "Group Name (" def "): ")
+                                          "Group Name: "))))
+                         (if (and (equal "" select)
+                                  def)
+                             def
+                           select)))
+                     (intern-soft (read-string "Reread (nil)? (t=>all, nil=>none, some=>all downloaded): "))))
   (gnus-message 5 "Regenerating in %s" group)
   (let* ((gnus-command-method (or gnus-command-method
                                   (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
          (file (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))
          (dir (file-name-directory file))
-         point 
-         (downloaded (if (file-exists-p dir)
-                         (sort (mapcar (lambda (name) (string-to-int name))
-                                       (directory-files dir nil "^[0-9]+$" t))
-                               '>)
-                       (progn (gnus-make-directory dir) nil)))
+         point
+        (downloaded (if (file-exists-p dir)
+                        (sort (mapcar (lambda (name) (string-to-int name))
+                                      (directory-files dir nil "^[0-9]+$" t))
+                              '>)
+                      (progn (gnus-make-directory dir) nil)))
          dl nov-arts
          alist header
          regenerated)
@@ -2251,13 +2767,15 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
            (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)))
      (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
 
-     ;; Load the article IDs found in the overview file.  As a side-effect, validate the file contents.
+     ;; Load the article IDs found in the overview file.  As a
+     ;; side-effect, validate the file contents.
      (let ((load t))
        (while load
          (setq load nil)
          (goto-char (point-min))
          (while (< (point) (point-max))
-           (cond ((looking-at "[0-9]+\\b")
+          (cond ((and (looking-at "[0-9]+\t")
+                       (<= (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0)) 9))
                   (push (read (current-buffer)) nov-arts)
                   (forward-line 1)
                   (let ((l1 (car nov-arts))
@@ -2265,27 +2783,34 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
                     (cond ((not l2)
                            nil)
                           ((< l1 l2)
-                           ;; Don't sort now as I haven't verified that every line begins with a number
+                          (gnus-message 3 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV entries are NOT in ascending order.")
+                           ;; Don't sort now as I haven't verified
+                           ;; that every line begins with a number
                            (setq load t))
                           ((= l1 l2)
                            (forward-line -1)
+                          (gnus-message 4 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV entries contained duplicate of article %s.  Duplicate deleted." l1)
                            (gnus-delete-line)
                            (pop nov-arts)))))
                  (t
+                 (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV entries contained line that did not begin with an article number.  Deleted line.")
                   (gnus-delete-line))))
          (if load
-             (progn (sort-numeric-fields 1 (point-min) (point-max))
+            (progn
+              (gnus-message 5 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: Sorting NOV entries into ascending order.")
+              (sort-numeric-fields 1 (point-min) (point-max))
                     (setq nov-arts nil)))))
      (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
 
-     ;; Construct a new article alist whose nodes match every header in the .overview file.  
-     ;; As a side-effect, missing headers are reconstructed from the downloaded article file.
+     ;; Construct a new article alist whose nodes match every header
+     ;; in the .overview file.  As a side-effect, missing headers are
+     ;; reconstructed from the downloaded article file.
      (while (or downloaded nov-arts)
        (cond ((and downloaded 
                    (or (not nov-arts)
                        (> (car downloaded) (car nov-arts))))
               ;; This entry is missing from the overview file
-              (gnus-message 6 "Regenerating NOV %s %d..." group (car downloaded))
+             (gnus-message 3 "Regenerating NOV %s %d..." group (car downloaded))
               (let ((file (concat dir (number-to-string (car downloaded)))))
                 (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
                  (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
@@ -2310,14 +2835,18 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
               (push (cons (car nov-arts) nil) alist)
               (pop nov-arts))))
 
-     ;; When gnus-agent-consider-all-articles is set, gnus-agent-regenerate-group should NOT remove article IDs 
-     ;; from the alist.  Those IDs serve as markers to indicate that an attempt has been made to fetch that 
-     ;; article's header.
-
-     ;; When gnus-agent-consider-all-articles is NOT set, gnus-agent-regenerate-group can remove the article
-     ;; ID of every article (with the exception of the last ID in the list - it's special) that no longer appears in the overview.
-     ;; In this situtation, the last article ID in the list implies that it, and every article ID preceeding it, 
-     ;; have been fetched from the server.
+     ;; When gnus-agent-consider-all-articles is set,
+     ;; gnus-agent-regenerate-group should NOT remove article IDs from
+     ;; the alist.  Those IDs serve as markers to indicate that an
+     ;; attempt has been made to fetch that article's header.
+
+     ;; When gnus-agent-consider-all-articles is NOT set,
+     ;; gnus-agent-regenerate-group can remove the article ID of every
+     ;; article (with the exception of the last ID in the list - it's
+     ;; special) that no longer appears in the overview.  In this
+     ;; situtation, the last article ID in the list implies that it,
+     ;; and every article ID preceeding it, have been fetched from the
+     ;; server.
      (if gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
          ;; Restore all article IDs that were not found in the overview file.
          (let* ((n (cons nil alist))
@@ -2341,16 +2870,17 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
        ;; Restore the last article ID if it is not already in the new alist
        (let ((n (last alist))
              (o (last (gnus-agent-load-alist group))))
-         (cond ((not n)
-                (when o
-                  (push (cons (caar o) nil) alist)))
+         (cond ((not o)
+                nil)
+               ((not n)
+                (push (cons (caar o) nil) alist))
                ((< (caar n) (caar o))
                 (setcdr n (list (car o)))))))
                      
+     (let ((inhibit-quit t))
      (if (setq regenerated (buffer-modified-p))
          (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
            (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent)))
-     )
 
     (setq regenerated (or regenerated
                           (and reread gnus-agent-article-alist)
@@ -2360,7 +2890,8 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
     (setq gnus-agent-article-alist alist)
  
     (when regenerated
-      (gnus-agent-save-alist group))
+        (gnus-agent-save-alist group)))
+     )
 
     (when (and reread gnus-agent-article-alist)
       (gnus-make-ascending-articles-unread
@@ -2377,6 +2908,7 @@ FORCE is equivalent to setting gnus-agent-expire-days to zero(0)."
         (sit-for 0))
       )
 
+    (gnus-message 5 nil)
     regenerated))
 
 ;;;###autoload
@@ -2455,6 +2987,10 @@ If CLEAN, don't read existing active files."
             (if (eq status 'offline) 'offline 'online)
             (if (eq status 'offline) 'online 'offline))))
 
+(defun gnus-agent-group-covered-p (group)
+  (member (gnus-group-method group)
+         gnus-agent-covered-methods))
+
 (provide 'gnus-agent)
 
 ;;; gnus-agent.el ends here