From 1df0dc47f4fb731afe03347f65cd0358fca24ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:17:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * gnus.texi (Expiring Mail): Document gnus-auto-expirable-marks. --- texi/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ texi/gnus.texi | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/texi/ChangeLog b/texi/ChangeLog index de0f9dc4a..478c7938c 100644 --- a/texi/ChangeLog +++ b/texi/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-07-05 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen + + * gnus.texi (Expiring Mail): Document gnus-auto-expirable-marks. + 2011-07-03 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen * gnus.texi (Subscription Methods): Link to "Group Levels" to explain diff --git a/texi/gnus.texi b/texi/gnus.texi index f500a2ea6..e6f5d6b8a 100644 --- a/texi/gnus.texi +++ b/texi/gnus.texi @@ -15648,14 +15648,16 @@ will remain on your system until hell freezes over. This bears repeating one more time, with some spurious capitalizations: IF you do NOT mark articles as EXPIRABLE, Gnus will NEVER delete those ARTICLES. +@vindex gnus-auto-expirable-marks You do not have to mark articles as expirable by hand. Gnus provides two features, called ``auto-expire'' and ``total-expire'', that can help you with this. In a nutshell, ``auto-expire'' means that Gnus hits @kbd{E} for you when you select an article. And ``total-expire'' means that Gnus considers all articles as expirable that are read. So, in addition to the articles marked @samp{E}, also the articles marked @samp{r}, -@samp{R}, @samp{O}, @samp{K}, @samp{Y} and so on are considered -expirable. +@samp{R}, @samp{O}, @samp{K}, @samp{Y} (and so on) are considered +expirable. @code{gnus-auto-expirable-marks} has the full list of +these marks. When should either auto-expire or total-expire be used? Most people who are subscribed to mailing lists split each list into its own group -- 2.25.1