From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/56240 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Refresh of DNS servers Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:47:45 +0100 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <8765epy1v2.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075733276 28304 80.91.224.253 (2 Feb 2004 14:47:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M4780@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Feb 02 15:47:46 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AnfMY-0003Tc-00 for ; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:47:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AnfMQ-0005Jn-00; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:47:38 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AnfMM-0005Ji-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:47:34 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 000D93A0035 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 08:47:33 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AnfML-00010H-00 for ; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:47:33 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1075733253 2908 213.203.244.156 (2 Feb 2004 14:47:33 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:47:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NbSfNUh59CqW/V2wKgV5Ll7z3nM= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56240 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56240 Ralf Angeli writes: > Gnus seems to cache DNS servers. This is fine as long as the same DNS > servers are used all the time. But if Gnus is used on a notebook with > changing PPP and Ethernet connections it can become a problem. I am > in such a situation and have to restart Gnus whenever I am switching > to one or the other connection type. If Gnus is not restarted it uses > the old DNS servers. Does it really do that? I'd be surprised. Maybe it's sufficient to hit ^ to go to the servers buffer, then use D to deny the servers, then C to close them, then O to open them. Does this work? (I think one of the steps D, C, O is unnecessary, but I don't know which one.) Kai