Re: ancient articles

[Phillip Lord]

>>>>> "Reiner" == Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc> writes:

  Reiner> On Thu, Mar 31 2005, Phillip Lord wrote:

  >> Quite a few of my emails are marked as ancient (with an A).
  >>
  >> Can any one tell me:-
  >>
  >> 1) What is an ancient email?
  >> 2) How does this mark happen?

  Reiner> "A" isn't ancient:

  Reiner> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Read Articles") ] | `O' | Articles that
  Reiner> were marked as read in previous sessions and are now | "old"
  Reiner> (`gnus-ancient-mark').  `----

Sorry, typo. O for ancient, A for answered. 


  Reiner> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Other Marks") ] | * All articles that
  Reiner> you have replied to or made a followup to (i.e., | have
  Reiner> answered) will be marked with an `A' in the second column |
  Reiner> (`gnus-replied-mark').  `----

  >> 3) How do I remove it, and just have them expirable like other
  >> things.

  Reiner> (info "(gnus)Setting Marks")

Do you have any idea why they appear though? I am trying to determine
if there is any specific semantics to being ancient. 

Cheers

Phil