Re: backing up read messages, and subscribed lists.

[david@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd)]

"Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, david@adboyd.com wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to find the correct files to backup to my home machine so
>> that I can continue to read where I was at work.
>> 
>> I've tried copying the News directory, as well as .newsrc and
>> .newsrc.eld.  But it seems that something is still missing.
>> 
>> Any information on where else I need to gather files to make certain
>> that when I get home I can continue where I was from work?
>
> You should really consider an IMAP server, which you can access from
> anywhere.  The process you describe is painful, and will not work well
> (e.g. what if you forget to synchronize one day, now you have two
> branches of your data).
>
> In addition, you can use an IMAP server from any IMAP-capable client,
> so if Gnus is not available you can fire up Mozilla Mail, Thunderbird,
> or any of the many IMAP clients out there.

But I'm not talking about my email at all, just news groups.  I don't control
them, so I don't think IMAP would help in this situation.

I just want to save my gnus pointers to where and what I've read, so I don't
have to read the same things twice.

Thanks,

Dave in Largo, FL