total count after expiring emails

[prad]

i have 92000+ emails and i expired more than half.
then i did B C-M-e to get rid of the expired emails.

i think that maildir folder is a lot smaller so presumably the expired
emails have been removed.

however, when i C-u RET i still get the 92000+ number i used to.

i've restarted both gnus and dovecot.

how do i get gnus to report on the correct number of emails i have in my
inbox?


-- 
in friendship,
prad