Re: Contacting server when Leaving a group

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:37:47 -0500 "Steven E. Harris" <seh@panix.com> wrote: 
>
> SEH> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>>> When I try to leave the group with c, or `ZZ' or any of the commands
>>> that are used for leaving groups, gnus won't let me because it cannot
>>> contact the server.  I have to leave by changing buffers or some other
>>> ungnuslike way.
>
> SEH> Yes, thank you for raising this question. I run into this problem with
> SEH> my nnimap groups as well. One has to switch to the *Group* buffer, then
> SEH> hit C-^ to reach the *Server* buffer, then try to close the offending
> SEH> server, or maybe "deny" it, and kill an openssl process on the side, or
> SEH> kill an associated process buffer, then reopen the server, then go back
> SEH> to the *Group* buffer, find the group with the asterisk, reenter it,
> SEH> and, finally, with baited breath, try to leave it again by pressing 'q'.
>
> It would be sufficient to retry opening the server, right?  I've done
> this process too and it's a little annoying.

I guess so.  What does it do currently?  What it reports is `unable
contact server...' or similar... I just assumed it did try to open the
server.

Maybe Contacting server and reopening server aren't the same?

But what if an attempted reopening also fails... It does here
sometimes when I do (in server buffer) C (close) O (open).  It usually
works the first time but not always.