From: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:27:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b4mtzil56ub.fsf@jpl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u63v1zxf3.fsf@gmail.com>
>>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>> ,---- (info "(gnus)Group Levels") ----
>>| `S l'
>>| Set the level of the current group. If a numeric prefix is given,
> Well, that fixed it. But now I have the problem that it does try to
> access the mailserver when I set the level to 2. Sometimes I just want
> offline access to the mailbox. gnus-no-server was intuitive except
> for the frightening error. :) Really, for a minute I thought the nnml
> mail folder was a goner.
> At least, can there be a graceful "no" instead of an error like that?
Maybe `gnus-unplugged' is for you.
,---- (info "(gnus)Agent Basics") ----
| [...]
| * You start Gnus with `gnus-unplugged'. This brings up the Gnus
| Agent in a disconnected state. You can read all the news that you
| have already fetched while in this mode.
|
| * You then decide to see whether any new news has arrived. You
| connect your machine to the net (using PPP or whatever), and then
| hit `J j' to make Gnus become "plugged" and use `g' to check for
| new mail as usual. To check for new mail in unplugged mode (*note
| Mail Source Specifiers::).
| [...]
`----
I don't use it, but verified with a new temporary user account
that `gnus-unplugged' doesn't connect to the mail source.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-02 2:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-31 7:37 Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-04-01 1:30 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-04-01 10:23 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-04-02 2:27 ` Katsumi Yamaoka [this message]
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