From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/80407 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-sync.el v2 Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:48:20 +0200 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <87ehy2une3.fsf@dod.no> References: <87mxcv3fu2.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zkguv1yc.fsf@dod.no> <87ehy2le7h.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319489355 8300 80.91.229.12 (24 Oct 2011 20:49:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:49:15 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M28695@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Oct 24 22:49:08 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 1RIRSG-0006nQ-1o for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:49:08 +0200 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 1RIRRm-0004EM-0Q; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:48:38 -0500 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 1RIRRk-0004E8-9B for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:48:36 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RIRRi-0006Gm-LY for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:48:36 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RIRRf-0003vV-7D for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:48:31 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RIRRe-0006ZC-NH for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:48:30 +0200 Original-Received: from cm-84.208.231.161.getinternet.no ([84.208.231.161]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:48:30 +0200 Original-Received: from sb by cm-84.208.231.161.getinternet.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:48:30 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.208.231.161.getinternet.no Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ejuOUV6WXqMfEZi5Ca1G3BwXJOg= X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:80407 Archived-At: >>>>> Ted Zlatanov : > Regarding gnus-sync.el, the good news is that it works great, the bad > news is that you need a working CouchDB server. Not a problem. But do you run nekkid CouchDB on the big bad Internet? Or is it hidden behind an apache, or some other front end? > I tried a standalone server but CouchDB did what I needed much better. > The old sync method, via a file, still works for those who don't want > the new functionality. Oh, I'll go for the new functionality. > I sync subscriptions (including level), newsgroup topics, read ranges, > and marks. It works pretty well for me after a weekend test. Ok. What about servers? > The biggest piece missing is username+password validation and I'm > working on that. Um... username+password for CouchDB? Or are you sync'ing username+password for different servers?