Re: nnrss: handle unavailability of rss server more gracefully?

[Ken Coleman <ken_coleman@iname.com>]

Michael Schierl <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>> Michael Schierl <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de> writes:
>>
>>>> And this is with debug-on-* off?
>>>
>>> Think so.
>>
>> Do you have an nnrss group that doesn't work that I can test with?
>
> For my tests i used http://channel9.msdn.com/rss.aspx
>
> However, most of the time this is up, so i aliased channel9.msdn.com
> to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file (I don't have a web server running) to
> reproduce the bug. (so that Gnus will get a "Connection Refused").
>
>> Perhaps the output from `G E' on the group would be helpful...
>
> ("nnrss:Channel9 Forums" 3
>  ((1 . 39))
>  ((seen
>    (1 . 97)))
>  (nnrss ""))
>
> Michael

What was the resolution to this thread?  I am having all of the exact
same symptoms, except my RSS feed it
http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/rss.php

Same debug-on-* settings (all nil), same use of an external fetcher
for the feed, etc.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!
- Ken.
ken_coleman@iname.com