From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4424 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2020 23:01:46 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Aug 2020 23:01:46 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kB4Py-00A1PF-Nl; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:01:22 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kB4Pv-00A1NL-7T for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:01:19 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kB4Pt-001TNh-IO for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:01:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=RdlyHhHBKyvk96BrO/59HeANh1hD39PQFUf7a3KTBq4=; b=o0ICx2pZ3caUHdi65//1deZLCF EhmF1ZZ8w6B5H7xmAf1d1VIYmN0l/qrseN+Lsmq0VjVmFO6zqiXuGE5F0PCXYY3zlp322L7O4yr0w d5g73UxgKy1KYoHJVcuPk2yEIu2JHIOKxNh8fINUjw10T1NcFzSFS8wfItsqfLwBFs/Q=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kB4Pm-0003gu-N0 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:01:13 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kB4Pl-0007Nf-B7 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:01:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: nnml suddenly not activating groups on startup Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:01:04 -0700 Message-ID: <87h7spypu7.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87zh6itacs.fsf@hope.eyrie.org> <871rjtn8g2.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <87tuwptjcx.fsf@hope.eyrie.org> <87y2m1jnij.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <878se1dswd.fsf@hope.eyrie.org> <87lfi1ys89.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <874kopdozh.fsf@hope.eyrie.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IK4wltIPD9lU1a9x+OLf7h5P9EU= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Russ Allbery writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: >> Russ Allbery writes: > >>> For the record, my select-method configuration is: > >>> '(gnus-select-method >>> '(nntp "news.eyrie.org" >>> (nntp-open-connection-function network-only) >>> (nntp-connection-timeout 3))) >>> '(gnus-secondadry-select-methods '((nnml ""))) > >> Just checking in to confirm that the above is a typo, and not actual >> copy-and-paste from your config? > > Sigh. No, it was a cut and paste, and this is why one always cuts and > pastes one's configuration. Very true! > Thank you. > > So I broke it when adding a secondary server by misspelling the variable > name, and Gnus was smart enough to figure out that it should activate the > server anyway if I pushed it hard enough, which kept me from realizing > that the configuration was just wrong. Gnus will also happily make you a server that you haven't configured, if it sees groups that specify that server. Glad it wasn't more complicated than this. I was keeping quiet and hoping Adam would solve it :)