Re: Trouble setting up Gnus

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

arnaud.oqube@gmail.com writes:

>>>  - when I open gnus, although I added 'gnus-topic-mode as a hook, groups
>>>  do not appear classified by topics but in plain list form,
>>
>> You have to create topics first.
>
> So I did. 
>
>>>  - groups are never updated in the group buffer. I need enter them and
>>>    explicitly do M-g to update
>>
>> So `g' in *Group* does nothing?  No output at all?

Do I get you right that you created Topics, but they aren't there after
restarting Gnus, and after restarting all message counts are gone, and
there's also this update issue?

If so, at least the topics and read counts are stored in ~/.newsrc.eld
(`gnus-startup-file').  So maybe there's something wrong with this?
(Accidentally deleted, I don't know...)

>>>  - bbdb does nothing, although I configured it to insinuate gnus:
>>
>> What does "does nothing" mean exactly?  Don't you have completion in
>> To:/Cc: in message-mode buffers?
>
> No. I do not.

Maybe you also need (bbdb-insinuate-message) for that.

>>>  My .bbdb is never updated (maybe not gnus related)
>>
>> I think, you have to hit `:' on a message in summary buffer to add a new
>> contact.  (But I don't use BBDB, so it might be some other key...)
>
> ah! ah! Did not know this one. Last time I used this, mails were
> automatically scrapped from the Article buffer.

No, I don't think it has ever acted this way without configuring it
explicitly.

Bye,
Tassilo