Re: Reconnection weirdness after network problem

[Jouni K Seppanen <jkseppan@james.hut.fi>]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Hannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi> writes:
> 
> > "Denied server".  It seems it couldn't establish connection to the
> > server because `g' in group buffer didn't do anything
> 
> I think you can enter the server buffer (^ from the group buffer),
> then close and then open the server in question.  This should be
> automatic, though.

I think it's deliberately not automatic: when a server is apparently
down, Gnus marks it "denied" until you decide to attempt to reconnect.
Otherwise, you might get seriously bored waiting for the network
timeout for each group. (See the "Unavailable Servers" Info entry.)

I think the canonical command to force reconnecting is
`gnus-server-remove-denials', or R in the Server buffer.  It might be
natural to have C-u g in the Group buffer do it as well.
`gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group' (M-g) seems to do it (for the
single group) already.

-- 
Jouni K Seppänen