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=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5265 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2021 00:29:27 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 29 Jul 2021 00:29:27 -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 1m8tvQ-003ZAN-44 for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:29:24 -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 1m8tvP-00BnYU-CX for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:29:23 -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 1m8tvN-00BnYL-9F for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:29:21 -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 1m8tvL-00B9nc-0D for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:29:20 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References: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:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=9R2t/4dyRO0UjPjAhANeC6S0pFn81A/pNQDQ0XnXN+s=; b=ovTuO2WrH1y6oRlsSB7Y3JI6r1 /wjFhjyIoa4UuyMHmvOo45TqJC/kKI4JC94/KFnzhU/tSzULlyFSCFg0YaWeAEF6G0X3JgCkVsd1w DZkRbGc5gfg5dSxxQgtboKKxOKtJiEOdbnCmqCw00EqfvMmZkTlF9YamAJjpVQFIOc4s=; 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 1m8tvC-0005CI-81 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:29:12 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m8tvA-0005NJ-OO for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:29:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: having a problem with group subscription and unsubscription Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:29:03 -0700 Message-ID: <87zgu6vu7k.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: 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:hGNf5OzpB1OHd/UO3slkObpFePQ= List-ID: Precedence: bulk John Covici writes: > Hi. I am having problems with subscribing and unsubscribing to new > groups. > > I have > '(gnus-browse-subscribe-newsgroup-method > 'gnus-subscribe-hierarchically) > '(gnus-subscribe-hierarchical-interactive t) > '(gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-method 'gnus-subscribe-hierarchically) > > Now when I start gnus, I get the buffer which contains the groups I > am subscribed to. Now, what I have been doing which is probably wrong > is to hit ^ to go to the server buffer, find the server I want to > look at and hit enter. Then the active file is read and I get a K for > each group on the server and nothing for each group I am subscribed > to. The variables I mentioned above seem to have no effect, so wha am > I doing wrong here? I think those subscription settings only take effect when automatically scanning for _new_ newsgroups, using `gnus-check-new-newsgroups'. That process doesn't run every time you open the *Server* buffer.