How to sync the read history of Gnus between computers through Dropbox?

Question

I try to read email and mail list with Gnus on different computer. I am able to sync the configure files through Dropbox and it works fine.

But I don't know how to sync the read history. I am always get the read articles show as unread on different computers repeatedly.

I sync my Emacs *everything* to all computers, so I never have to worry about syncing a single component. That might be the simplest thing you could do in this situation. — lawlist, Dec 18 '15 at 03:57
I don't think that gnus actually tracks this information by itself. You may have to synchronise your mail storage itself. — , Dec 18 '15 at 21:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 09 '22 at 20:50

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See the Gnus Manual node on Startup Files. This mentions the various files and related settings that Gnus uses to save information such as ranges of read/unread articles per group. I believe configuring and syncing these files in addition to your gnus-init-file will solve your problem. I think the main files are located at ~/.newsrc (cross-newsreader) and ~/.newsrc.eld (Gnus-specific) by default, but I'm not 100% certain.

How to sync the read history of Gnus between computers through Dropbox?

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