From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/67881 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Goldberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus should backup .newsrc.eld Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:04:01 -0500 Message-ID: <84r64e9jry.fsf@incoming.verizon.net> References: <87vdtqb3dr.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229051113 23423 80.91.229.12 (12 Dec 2008 03:05:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:05:13 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M16327@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Dec 12 04:06:17 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LAyM1-0000kZ-B7 for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:06:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LAyKc-0005SW-KW; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:04:46 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LAyKb-0005SK-5i for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:04:45 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LAyKX-0005aZ-Hh for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:04:45 -0600 Original-Received: from vms173007pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.7]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1LAyKj-0000RD-00 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:04:53 +0100 Original-Received: from dsg-laptop.verizon.net ([71.126.240.44]) by vms173007.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KBQ004XETSRZJB1@vms173007.mailsrvcs.net> for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:02:54 -0600 (CST) X-Face: W!bie|rYVd43O:2CkHTb*~s5}Yzx30X<@6Tq_bnP56Hp!xX4sVl4tgYRirjRcke\wfY!JJ9 i?]VIUJicJzq2\!3%7$5R%wi!R[.]Va97q In-reply-to: <87vdtqb3dr.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:15:12 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) XEmacs/21.4.21 (linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:67881 Archived-At: >>>>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:15:12 +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org said: > Why doesn't gnus make a backup of its .newsrc.eld? > Don't ask me "Why, what could ever go wrong?" > Just save one old version by default. Mine does. I always have .newsrc.eld~ with the previous version. I don't see anything in my settings that suggests I've done something special to have it. -- Dave Goldberg david.goldberg6@verizon.net