From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/75681 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus faces Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:42 +0100 Message-ID: <8762tuqst1.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: <874o9f5qxo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877heb8dy6.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87tyher330.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87aaj6qxzw.fsf@member.fsf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294830832 23340 80.91.229.12 (12 Jan 2011 11:13:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:13:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , ding@gnus.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: ding-owner+M24032@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jan 12 12:13:44 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pcye7-0005K3-Kg for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:13:43 +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 1PcydE-0003eu-Fx; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:12:48 -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 1PcydC-0003ej-Sw for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:12:46 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PcydB-0001fY-Oz for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:12:46 -0600 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PcydA-0002jA-6P for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A621A78017C4; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:43 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04594-09; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:43 +0100 (CET) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B6078017BF; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:42 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:28:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:75681 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: >> A slow network connection is the only reason I can think of to >> restrict fetching of new messages to a subset of groups. > > What about reachability? Well, if a server is not reachable or I'm not interested in getting new messages from it, then I mark it as denied in the *Server* buffer. > There are many reasons why you don't want to connect to a server now > that have nothing to do with network speed. Yes, but levels are not the right tool for that purpose. Especially, because levels are somewhat static. Bye, Tassilo