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6.7.10 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?

Yes.

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