From: Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net>
Cc: ding@ifi.uio.no
Subject: Re: Red Gnus workaround for certain nntp servers
Date: 11 Sep 1996 17:11:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ohjcvh0d.fsf@mharnois.sbt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Steven L Baur's message of 11 Sep 1996 10:55:37 -0700
Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:
> Red Gnus feature tests for nntp server support are broken. The way
> this bug shows up is that all article counts for nntp groups have '*'s
> instead of numbers. This is because your server doesn't support `LIST
> ACTIVE group' and Gnus doesn't know it. You can bypass the buggy
> check by putting:
>
> (setq nntp-server-list-active-group nil)
>
> in your .gnus.
While the workaround does work, and it is what I have been doing, Lars
says I do not have a broken server ...
+ Michael D. Harnois + The Christian ideal has not been +
+ Pastor, computer nerd, + tried and found wanting; it has been +
+ Linux user, Havanese owner + found difficult and left untried. +
+ mharnois@sbt.net + --G. K. Chesterton +
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-09-11 22:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-09-11 17:55 Steven L Baur
1996-09-11 22:11 ` Michael Harnois [this message]
1996-09-20 22:39 ` Sten Drescher
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