From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/32194 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Laura Conrad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: difference between foreign and secondary servers? Date: 14 Aug 2000 17:35:36 -0400 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035168504 18373 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 02:48:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:48:24 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from spinoza.math.uh.edu (spinoza.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.18]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B328D051E for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:36:36 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by spinoza.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAC25549; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:36:27 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:35:44 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@66-209.196.61.interliant.com [209.196.61.66] (may be forged)) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA23784 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:35:34 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from gamesville.com (unknown [206.166.153.130]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D13D051F for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:36:04 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from acme47.nineco.com (IDENT:lconrad@acme47.nineCo.com [192.168.0.54]) by gamesville.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA10883 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:35:37 -0400 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: #0j-Ll[fajrfupWYMv&wa\m7!Sh=&3;JE-_&M-L,ULz(aE8iu%m1SHa5wG.V{3B:Fdnd/T# O -}0pPGYw%t1z`o&T_c=)p8l[}7R\={[@B*Jyj*.L4 hnJ*AXb In-Reply-To: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "14 Aug 2000 23:16:48 +0200" User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (20 Minutes to Nikko) Original-Lines: 29 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:32194 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:32194 >>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann writes: Kai> I now browsed the manual using `s secondary RET' and I found this: Kai> /---- Kai> | A slightly different approach to foreign groups is to set the Kai> | `gnus-secondary-select-methods' variable. The select methods listed in Kai> | this variable are in many ways just as native as the Kai> | `gnus-select-method' server. They will also be queried for active Kai> | files during startup (if that's required), and new newsgroups that Kai> | appear on these servers will be subscribed (or not) just as native Kai> | groups are. Kai> \---- Kai> Does that tell the whole story? Or is there anything missing? I've been using a foreign server which is not a secondary select method, and I find that gnus startup insists on trying to contact it anyway. I don't know whether it's looking for an active file or what, but it's a bit of a nuisance, since I need to be dialed in to access the server, and I'm usually not when I start gnus. I've been just hitting ^G, but if anyone knows how to tell gnus to start up with this server denied, that would be better yet. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@world.std.com , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139