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6.8.10 Agent Caveats

The Gnus Agent doesn't seem to work like most other offline newsreaders. Here are some common questions that some imaginary people may ask:

If I read an article while plugged, do they get entered into the Agent?
No.
If I read an article while plugged, and the article already exists in the Agent, will it get downloaded once more?
No, unless gnus-agent-cache is `nil'.

In short, when Gnus is unplugged, it only looks into the locally stored articles; when it's plugged, it only talks to your ISP and also uses the locally stored articles.


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