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##### Question 4.1

When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to view them again?

##### Answer

If you enter the group by saying ‘`RET`’ in group buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say ‘`C-u RET`’ instead to load all available messages. If you want only the e.g. 300 newest say ‘`C-u 300 RET`’

Loading only unread messages can be annoying if you have threaded view enabled, say

         (setq gnus-fetch-old-headers 'some)

in ~/.gnus.el to load enough old articles to prevent teared threads, replace 'some with t to load all articles (Warning: Both settings enlarge the amount of data which is fetched when you enter a group and slow down the process of entering a group).

If you already use Gnus 5.10, you can say ‘`/o N`’ In summary buffer to load the last N messages, this feature is not available in 5.8.8

If you don't want all old messages, but the parent of the message you're just reading, you can say ‘`^`’, if you want to retrieve the whole thread the message you're just reading belongs to, ‘`A T`’ is your friend.