asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:
>
>> 1) something similar to offlineimap for gmane, so that I can download my
>> news into a local news server and then read it when offline and
>
> Isn't this the exact use-case for the Gnus Agent?

I just realized that - J s is the solution here. Never looked at the
agent before...

>
>> 2) a local smtp relay (I think this is the right word) to which I can
>> send email but which is really sending them out once I am online (or can
>> I do this in gnus?)
>
> You could save your outgoing messages as drafts, and then send them when
> online, but it isn't quite as automated as installing an MTA locally.

As Eric F. pointed out, here is the agent also the solution.
>
>> Any tips on how I could achieve this? I would, particularly for 1,
>> prefer out of gnus solutions.
>
> Because?

I don't know - probably because I am using dovecot locally and like the
freedom to have a simple configuration for all mail / news clients I
use? By using a local solution, I could specify my newsgroups oce
(e.g. in leafnode as you say) and then simply connect from my news
client to leafnode and have all newsgroups there.

>
> I guess Leafnode could be used - just be careful that you don't ask it
> to download the entire Linux kernel mailing list or similar, because
> you'll probably be auto-blocked from Gmane.

Thanks - I'll look into leafnode then.

Rainer

>
>
>   Best regards,
>
>     Adam

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