From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68192 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Contacting server when Leaving a group Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:04:12 -0600 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <863afcb9k3.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <871vv1tcek.fsf@newsguy.com> <86skndg9dt.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k58pedum.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232575489 17299 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2009 22:04:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:04:49 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M16633@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jan 21 23:06:00 2009 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 1LPlCp-0008NV-7k for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:05:51 +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 1LPlAQ-0004cU-CF; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:03:22 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LPlAP-0004cF-1k for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:03:21 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LPlAL-0005TA-CT for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:03:20 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1LPlAd-00005Q-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:03:35 +0100 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LPlAD-0001Mr-ML for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:03:09 +0000 Original-Received: from 38.98.147.130 ([38.98.147.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:03:09 +0000 Original-Received: from tzz by 38.98.147.130 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:03:09 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.98.147.130 X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MeZVY0MP1QdnsYvcsuxBZCYo3Zs= X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68192 Archived-At: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:50:57 -0600 Harry Putnam wrote: HP> Ted Zlatanov writes: >> It would be sufficient to retry opening the server, right? I've done >> this process too and it's a little annoying. HP> I guess so. What does it do currently? What it reports is `unable HP> contact server...' or similar... I just assumed it did try to open the HP> server. HP> Maybe Contacting server and reopening server aren't the same? AFAIK it just gives up on the server currently if it can't be reached. I haven't looked at the source code nor do I have the time currently, but if no one else can I'll put it on my TODO list. HP> But what if an attempted reopening also fails... It does here HP> sometimes when I do (in server buffer) C (close) O (open). It usually HP> works the first time but not always. I would have a variable for number of retries (customized per server and a global one too). Ted