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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_96_XX, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22313 invoked from network); 20 Sep 2021 17:31:52 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Sep 2021 17:31:52 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mSN8x-007U7T-4f for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:31:51 -0500 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 1mSN8w-005EKQ-Ea for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:31:50 -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 1mRknZ-004szZ-DL for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 19:35:13 -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 1mRknX-00EKUX-K4 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 19:35:13 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version: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:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=6gWmuhlTY9Pmu/NmhW4tqmzLkSamh5+YbRU2w0oBI/w=; b=IWpiFTKQhXsTSXvpE4VDC2mop2 ZL1Sbh5G45pOe4ZA6lx2PqkAVmIv5C8OlLDVxbuyBB5X/JLRRQs9OxMYZK1DGNkwHn4oR/oHQPe8N gPvgkHtXhoi9aPqwkUJxLionlhPQisK974FvdkbJrjBiTKAd6/2miwNSD0+dkLUSsOOo=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mRknQ-0001OJ-PU for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 02:35:06 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mRknO-0002Su-BM for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 02:35:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: reader Subject: Yikes .. lost all nnml groups Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:08:27 -0400 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87pmtf2g6s.fsf@local.lan> 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:UcrsiRhAgYIyKKjPkmQiI84v6dA= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Not sure how this happened but I have lost access to all but 2 nnml groups. Several dozens of nnml groups show up with an asterisk (*) in front and are unusable. I'm not sure if the following is related but did happen at about the same time: One of the servers I use (newsguy.com) since 1996, has gone belly up. Its presence online has totally disappeared. And I've received in snail mail a notice about a bankruptcy proceeding concerning newsguy. More actual facts regarding the situation: I've checked the `active' file in ~/Mail and sure enough it shows only the 2 groups that are still accessible. I see all the dozens of directories containing my nnml files for the groups are physically present under ~/Mail/ What can I do? Note that since this is a zfs filesystem HOST, I do have copies going back several months. However, I'm not sure if I were to find the most recent ~/Mail/active file where all nnml groups are listed (or at least most of them), how I should proceed. Will I need to substitute the more complete `active' file? Or will I need to substitute all gnus' rc files of that same date for the current ones? If I do that I guess I can assume what ever has happened in news and mail since the date of that more complete set of rc files will just be gone. Can anyone list which related files should be switched with the current ones? Is there some better way to proceed?