Re: Calling for testers: scratch/gnus-decoded branch

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> Eric writes:
>
>> Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:
>>
>>> Eric writes:
>>>
>>> | gnus-save-newsrc-file is a variable defined in ‘gnus-start.el’.
>>> | Its value is t
>>>
>>> The file is empty, though?!
>>
>> It's only used if your gnus-select-method is an nntp server, and then
>> only for that server. I thought I remembered that your nntp server was a
>> secondary one, but I wanted to make sure.
>
> Ah, that explains it - no, I've been using nnnil as my
> gnus-select-method for years - I want all my servers to be equal (it's
> less confusing that way, besides the generally egalitarian point).

I wish I'd done that, back in the beginning. 

>>>               (nntp-port-number 563) ; nntps
>>>               (nntp-address "feedbase.org"))
>>
>> That's what I was trying to use! Hmm, maybe I was just being too
>> impatient (and my internet connection sucks here).
>
> Yeah, it's on my cupboard server in Denmark, so it's probably not super
> fast from the US.

Ha, no wonder! I've used it a fair bit for testing since then, hope I'm
not running up your ISP bills...