Re: How to maintain newsrc.eld clean and tidy

> Simple: add a -request-compact-group back-end function for nntp. :-)

That should have been the solution, unfortunately the nntp backend does
not support it i guess.
Even the manual says its only supported by nnml.

>  ‘G z’
>  
>       Compact the group under point (‘gnus-group-compact-group’).
>       Currently implemented only in nnml (*note Mail Spool::).  This
>       removes gaps between article numbers, hence getting a correct total
>       article count.

Although, thanks for the input.
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Best,
Dilip