From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/64458 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Can't open offline nnimap groups Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:07:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87k5x1tvuu.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> References: <87fy7pzvsu.fsf@bang.priv.no> <87bqidzvhz.fsf@bang.priv.no> <87hcs5vm1c.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> <87zm5xyba4.fsf@bang.priv.no> <87slbpu04t.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> <87mz1xy4mi.fsf@bang.priv.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175083682 28701 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2007 12:08:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:08:02 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M12982@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Mar 28 14:07:48 2007 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 4.50) id 1HWWwL-0007P3-Ty for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:07:46 +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 1HWWwD-0002pA-AO; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:07:37 -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 1HWWwB-0002oi-7z for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:07:35 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HWWw5-0008Hq-EQ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:07:35 -0500 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net ([217.13.230.178] helo=yxa.extundo.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1HWWw4-0001Uk-00 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:07:28 +0200 Original-Received: from mocca.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id l2SC7LLp032301 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:07:21 +0200 OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Hashcash: 1:22:070328:ding@gnus.org::8uo5UjCb9g3oQt7u:l5r In-Reply-To: <87mz1xy4mi.fsf@bang.priv.no> (Steinar Bang's message of "Wed\, 28 Mar 2007 13\:44\:21 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on yxa-iv X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.2, clamav-milter version 0.88.2 on yxa.extundo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:64458 Archived-At: Steinar Bang writes: >>>>>> Simon Josefsson : > >> Other files might be destroyed.. :) > > I copied .newsrc and .newsrc.eld. I don't know what other files might > be affected. > >>> The active file is not recreated, ie. agent.lib has no active file. > >> How about removing the entire agent.lib directory? > > The same: > > Reading active file from doohan via nnimap... > Opening nnimap server on doohan...done > Cannot read partial active file from nnimap server. > > during startup. Try and remove the entire agent directory (~/News/agent), and re-agentize the servers you want. That is what I typically did when something went wrong. (But that has happened for me in recent years.)