From: NAGY Andras <nagya@inf.elte.hu>
Subject: server connection while offline and naming servers in the agent
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 19:11:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dzcu1m5qnrb.fsf@mamut.elte.hu> (raw)
My server buffer looks like:
{nntp:quimby.gnus.org} (offline) (agent)
{nndraft:} (opened)
{nntp:news} (offline) (agent)
{nnml:mail} (opened)
Despite this, there is a connection to the server nicknamed `news'
(really ludens.elte.hu).
Proc Status Buffer Tty Command
---- ------ ------ --- -------
nntpd open *server ludens.elte.hu nntp *nntpd** (none) (network stream connection to ludens.elte.hu)
Why?
----
Another issue: in the above server buffer, I've just added
nntp:quimby.gnus.org to the agent. However, my News/agent/lib/servers
looks like:
((nntp "quimby.gnus.org") "nntp:news")
Note the inconsistency on the naming scheme: (xy "zz") vs "xy:zz".
I've been told that the latter is better because it's some kind of
`reference name', and naming all my select methods this way avoids
duplicate connections, which arise because (xy "zz")-style select
methods are treated differently. I've just noticed however, that my
quimby newsgroups still have select methods like `(nntp
"quimby.gnus.org")', because this is what gnus-group-make-group or
gnus-group-browse-foreign-server created. I think that all this
hassle with multiple ways for naming (not describing) a select method,
duplicate server entries in the server buffer because of this, using
the `not recommended' scheme by default in group creation functions
just sucks. This should be clarified and fixed.
Andras
next reply other threads:[~2002-08-08 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-08 17:11 NAGY Andras [this message]
2002-12-29 23:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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2002-08-08 17:10 NAGY Andras
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