variable @code{gnus-maximum-newsgroup} to a positive number. The value
means that Gnus ignores articles other than this number of the latest
ones in every group. For instance, the value 10000 makes Gnus get only
-the articles 29990000-30000000 (if the latest article number is 30000000
+the articles 29990001-30000000 (if the latest article number is 30000000
in a group). Note that setting this variable to a number might prevent
you from reading very old articles. The default value of the variable
@code{gnus-maximum-newsgroup} is @code{nil}, which means Gnus never