Re: Question about offline mode

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> I was kind of hoping that offline mode is similar to unplugged mode,
>> but just for this single server.  Is this supposed to be the case?
>> So am I supposed to be able to enter groups from offline servers to
>> see all the articles that the agent has downloaded already?
>
> Yes.

Very nifty.

>> And when I try to post an article to the nnimap server that's
>> offline, does Gnus write to the nndraft:queue group?
>
> Yes. Does it work? I never tried it.

I never tried it, either.  Hm.  Lessee...  Now the nnimap server is
offline, and this message contains a Gcc header pointing to it.  So
we will see what happens.

>> When I try enter enter the nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc group when the
>> server is offline, I get an error message along the lines of "no such
>> file or directory".  Is this normal?
>
> It is a bug. nnagent should create the directory for you. Could you
> post the back trace?

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| Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Couldn't request group nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc: Invalid group (no such directory)")
|   signal(error ("Couldn't request group nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc: Invalid group (no such directory)"))
|   error("Couldn't request group %s: %s" "nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc" "Invalid group (no such directory)")
|   (if (gnus-request-group group t) nil (when (equal major-mode ...) (kill-buffer ...)) (error "Couldn't request group %s: %s" group (gnus-status-message group)))
|   (unless (gnus-request-group group t) (when (equal major-mode ...) (kill-buffer ...)) (error "Couldn't request group %s: %s" group (gnus-status-message group)))
|   (let* ((entry ...) (gnus-summary-ignore-duplicates ...) (info ...) articles fetched-articles cached) (unless (gnus-check-server ...) (error "Couldn't open server")) (or (and entry ...) (gnus-activate-group group) (progn ... ...)) (unless (gnus-request-group group t) (when ... ...) (error "Couldn't request group %s: %s" group ...)) (setq gnus-newsgroup-name group gnus-newsgroup-unselected nil gnus-newsgroup-unreads (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)) (let (...) (setq gnus-newsgroup-display ...)) (gnus-summary-setup-default-charset) (when (gnus-virtual-group-p group) (setq cached gnus-newsgroup-cached)) (setq gnus-newsgroup-unreads (gnus-sorted-ndifference ... gnus-newsgroup-dormant)) (setq gnus-newsgroup-processable nil) (gnus-update-read-articles group gnus-newsgroup-unreads) (when info (gnus-adjust-marked-articles info)) (if (setq articles select-articles) (setq gnus-newsgroup-unselected ...) (setq articles ...)) (cond (... ...) (... nil) (t ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)))
|   gnus-select-newsgroup("nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc" nil nil)
|   (and new-group (gnus-select-newsgroup group show-all select-articles))
|   (let* ((new-group ...) (quit-config ...) (did-select ...)) (cond (... ... ... ... ... ... ... t) (... ... ... nil) (... ... ... ... ...) (t ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)))
|   gnus-summary-read-group-1("nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc" nil t nil nil nil)
|   (or (gnus-summary-read-group-1 group show-all no-article kill-buffer no-display select-articles) (setq show-all nil select-articles nil))
|   (let ((gnus-auto-select-next nil)) (or (gnus-summary-read-group-1 group show-all no-article kill-buffer no-display select-articles) (setq show-all nil select-articles nil)))
|   (setq result (let (...) (or ... ...)))
|   (null (setq result (let ... ...)))
|   (and group (null (setq result ...)) (eq gnus-auto-select-next (quote quietly)))
|   (while (and group (null ...) (eq gnus-auto-select-next ...)) (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer) (when backward (gnus-group-prev-unread-group 2)) (if (not ...) (setq group ...) (setq group nil)))
|   (let (result) (while (and group ... ...) (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer) (when backward ...) (if ... ... ...)) result)
|   gnus-summary-read-group("nnimap+dtm:INBOX.misc" nil t nil nil nil nil)
|   gnus-group-read-group(nil t)
|   gnus-group-select-group(nil)
|   gnus-topic-select-group(nil)
|   call-interactively(gnus-topic-select-group)
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kai
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