A new podcast bug in iTunes 6

After completely removing iTunes 5.0.1, QuickTime, and iPod updater I installed the new iTunes 6 and QuickTime 7.0.3 package. Everything seems to work as before: My library is intact, I can rip CDs, play songs, update my iPod nano And Outlook sync is still not available if I'm not an administrator
However, there is a new problem downloading podcasts to the iPod. I have the "update: only unplayed episodes" option set, which worked under 5.0.1. But now, iTunes insists on downloading all podcast episodes, whether played or not, unless I clear the check box for each episode.
Not a severe problem but it seems like a strange thing to break.

About six months ago my library exceeded the capacity of my 40GB iPod, so I started using the "Only sync checked songs" option in my iPod syncing setup.
I'm also a big podcast junkie. I've got my podcast settings set so that only unplayed episodes get synced over to my iPod.
Up until iTunes 6.0 (yes, I ran 5.0 and 5.1), the played/unplayed status seemed to override the "Only sync checked songs" option. I only had to worry about marking the podcasts I didn't want with "Mark as played" from the right click menu.
Imagine my surprise when, this morning, I slid my iPod into the dock and expected it to auto-sync as before. Sadly, I got the dreaded message that my iPod had exceeded the size of my library. I had only added the two free downloads, otherwise my library was exactly the same from 5.1 to 6.0.
The only solution I found was to uncheck the podcasts I had already listened to, even tho they had already been marked as played. After unchecking, my iPod once again resumed normal auto-sync behavior.
Since I made only minimal library changes from 5.1 to 6.0, this must be a change of behavior on the part of iTunes. For the worse, IMO.

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