From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/41654 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: large .overview files in agentized nntp groups Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 22:07:12 +0100 Organization: Denizens of Doom, Norway Chapter Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87bsg8qzgf.fsf@bang.priv.no> References: <87r8p9es7w.fsf@bang.priv.no> <871yh8emp7.fsf@bang.priv.no> <874rm1srjo.fsf@bang.priv.no> <87vgegrc7l.fsf@bang.priv.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035177018 7335 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:10:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:10:18 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 11012 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2002 21:09:44 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 5 Jan 2002 21:09:44 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16My4C-0007JJ-00; Sat, 05 Jan 2002 15:09:24 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 05 Jan 2002 15:09:18 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA16434 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2002 15:09:06 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 11004 invoked by alias); 5 Jan 2002 21:09:08 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 10999 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2002 21:09:07 -0000 Original-Received: from c96s55h3.upc.chello.no (HELO biaggi) (213.46.211.96) by gnus.org with SMTP; 5 Jan 2002 21:09:07 -0000 Original-Received: from sb by biaggi with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16My3p-0006IV-00 for ; Sat, 05 Jan 2002 22:09:01 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 05 Jan 2002 17:58:11 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) Emacs/20.7 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 60 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:41654 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:41654 >>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen : > No, it's only supposed to download the ticked and unread articles. What about the NOV file? Will it contain entries for the missing articles? >> This is what seemed to happen when I agentized the anonymous >> info-cyrus group on cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu. > Hm... Is this reproducible? I don't know. I'd say not to spend too much time on it. This case, as the no.alt.motorsykler problem, may just by my little old laptop croaking on too large NOV files. In any case, for the record, this is what I did: - added (nnimap "cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu" (nnimap-authenticator anonymous) (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*") (nnimap-stream network)) to gnus-secondary-select-methods - started Gnus with `M-x gnus-unplugged RET' - entered the server buffer, and pressed SPC on cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu - did a `c' on nnimap+cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu:archive.info-cyrus to catchup all the 10000-odd unread articles - did a `C-u 5000 SPC' on the group, and ticked the some of the articles with debian in the Subject fields - the next day, when there were 16 new unread articles in the group, I went into the server buffer, and put the server under agent control - I then started downloading of articles for all groups, using `JjgJsJj' - The machine was still working when I went to bed, and the next morning, I saw that it had failed somewhere, with the same kind of input/output error prompt I got from the 22MB NOV file of no.alt.motorsykler. The prompt message didn't show up in the *Message* buffer, so I didn't save it - The agent directory for the group had heaps of articles (a lot more than 16 or 20 or 24 or whatever), and when I did less on them, they were unreleated to what I was. When I looked at the NOV file, it looked bogus. All articles had an XRef to an nnimap group on a different server. So I deleted the NOV file, the .agentview file, and all downloaded articles So unfortunately I've once more succeeded in erasing all tracks of what happens. :-)