From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/18352 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Epprecht Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Sir Agent and his directories Date: 31 Oct 1998 21:56:48 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035156890 5705 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:34:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from fisher.math.uh.edu (fisher.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.35]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA07793 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:24:49 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by fisher.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAB08847; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:24:33 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:24:23 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA09474 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:24:14 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mail.logon.ch ([195.141.237.254]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA07776 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:24:01 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from pc.logon.ch [195.141.237.29] by mail.logon.ch with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.03) id AF5366C00E4; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:21:23 +03d00 Original-Received: (from epprecht@localhost) by pc.logon.ch (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA00388; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 21:56:49 +0100 Original-To: Ding mailing list Original-Lines: 25 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.44/Emacs 20.2 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:18352 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:18352 I just did set up a new Gnus (5.6.44) with its Agent in emacs 20.3. I remember when I did this the very first time it was quite difficult, but now that I've done it several times.... hmmm? ... ??? ... that leaves me with a question: Isn't the Agent supoused to create his own directories himself? When I had Gnus running and some groups subscribed, I tried to set up the Agent, but couldn't get it right, until I made the 'nntp/news.my.server' directory in 'News/agent/' by hand... strange... what did I do wrong? ( Yes, I *did* (require 'gnus-agent) in .emacs and (gnus-agentize) in .gnus.el, and I *did* go to the server buffer and had my nntp server covered by the Agent, and I had set my default predicate to the value I want it to be, but I couldn't find another way to have it all running than creating the directories by hand...) Dear Agent, what else should I have done? Don't get me wrong, the Agent is fine now, I don't need help. I'm just thinking if there could not be something which should be explained more clearly in the manual, to make it less steep for thouse, who try it the first time... Robert Epprecht