From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Sharing setup between different computers?
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:06:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ehty1ory.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874nuumrh9.fsf@web.de>
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:02:42 +0100 Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
MH> I currently ply between two locations in Germany. At both locations, I
MH> have a desktop computer and read news via Gnus. I want to transfer my
MH> setup including which groups I have subscribed, which articles I have
MH> read, which ones I have ticked etc, between the two locations.
MH> Is it safe to just copy .newsrc.eld and .newsrc (besides the gnus init
MH> file, of course) from one computer to the other, or can this lead to
MH> problems? Or is there maybe a better method?
If you're sure you'll never read mail on a machine and THEN synchronize
it, it will work. Just make sure both computers have the same server
and parameter setup.
gnus-sync.el could also help you with this. It synchronizes just
subscriptions and marks using a file or a remote CouchDB server.
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-13 20:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-13 20:02 Michael Heerdegen
2012-02-13 20:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-02-13 20:06 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2012-02-14 1:22 ` Richard Riley
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