Re: discard and still tests each time

On 17-May-2003 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> I noticed when I changed the filter from
> filter bytes>19k action=discard
> to
> filter group=gmane.spam.detected action=over
> filter group=comp.risks action=full
> filter bytes>19k action=over
> 
> all the comp.risks digests I had missed came flooding back; the
> moderator was still indeed alive and kicking.
> 
> Anyway, my point is apparently, if one uses discard, then they will
> still be checked again next time...

OK, I see this. Actually what will happen is that it won't skip over the
discarded ones until a non-discarded article in the group comes alone -
requesting an article be downloaded updates the 'next remote article' number,
but discards don't. The fix is trivial; I should get it into CVS tomorrow.

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