From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66648 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Katsumi Yamaoka Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:27:40 +0900 Organization: Emacsen advocacy group Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207103379 20738 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2008 02:29:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 02:29:39 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M15132@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Apr 02 04:30:10 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jgsjl-0006kV-3c for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:30:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JgsiL-0007xW-Qx; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:28:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JgsiK-0007xI-74 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:28:36 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JgsiE-0006kO-1y for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:28:36 -0500 Original-Received: from orlando.hostforweb.net ([216.246.45.90]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1JgsiM-0004Xq-00 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:28:39 +0200 Original-Received: from [66.225.201.151] (port=34425 helo=mail.jpl.org) by orlando.hostforweb.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Jgshb-00053K-8T for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:27:52 -0500 X-Hashcash: 1:20:080402:ding@gnus.org::S6J2a2yDL7AChEv0:00002ImE X-Face: #kKnN,xUnmKia.'[pp`;Omh}odZK)?7wQSl"4o04=EixTF+V[""w~iNbM9ZL+.b*_CxUmFk B#Fu[*?MZZH@IkN:!"\w%I_zt>[$nm7nQosZ<3eu;B:$Q_:p!',P.c0-_Cy[dz4oIpw0ESA^D*1Lw= L&i*6&( User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ag/IQKH6T2lqIEF5HnPRBQjuTlI= X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - orlando.hostforweb.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnus.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jpl.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:66648 Archived-At: >>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > Katsumi Yamaoka 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.