From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/12979 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike McEwan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Offline body retrieval Date: 26 Nov 1997 02:54:22 +0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035152424 6766 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 22:20:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Gnus mailing list Return-Path: Original-Received: from xemacs.org (xemacs.cs.uiuc.edu [128.174.252.16]) by altair.xemacs.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA19261 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:42:42 -0800 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by xemacs.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA09737 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:42:28 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from claymore.vcinet.com (claymore.vcinet.com [208.205.12.23]) by ifi.uio.no (8.8.8/8.8.7/ifi0.2) with SMTP id EAA19557 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 04:32:50 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (qmail 15900 invoked by uid 504); 26 Nov 1997 03:32:49 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 15897 invoked from network); 26 Nov 1997 03:32:49 -0000 Original-Received: from post-10.mail.demon.net (HELO post.mail.demon.net) (194.217.242.154) by claymore.vcinet.com with SMTP; 26 Nov 1997 03:32:48 -0000 Original-Received: from lotusland.demon.co.uk ([158.152.62.156]) by post.mail.demon.net id aa1015276; 26 Nov 97 3:13 GMT Original-Received: (qmail 2437 invoked by uid 500); 26 Nov 1997 02:54:23 -0000 Original-To: uzs452@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de In-Reply-To: uzs452@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de's message of "Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:04:42 +0100 (MET)" Original-Lines: 45 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.67/XEmacs 19.16 - "Lille" Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:12979 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:12979 uzs452@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de writes: > to ~/.gus.el. I can read news online without problems. But I want to dial > up, get new headers in all subscribed groups, get marked article bodies, > post my articles and disconnect from the net. I can mark articles for > download with J # (Mark as downloadable) in pick-mode. But how can I > download only these article bodies ? With /Agent/Fetch/All or > /Agent/Fetch/Group I get _all_ new articles with bodies. > > Is this feature not yet implemented or have I missed the obvious way ? IMO > this would become a FAQ if qgnus is out of beta. Yes, I would like to use Quassia as well. However, with each iteration (and yes I *know* its only alpha), I download, install and see if the 'agent' has been modified to behave in a way I can comprehend :-). Amongst others, I've been having the same problems as yourself in trying to selectively download news articles. The manual is, as yet very scant, but the little information provided does seem to imply that the agent can handle such things. I've also been unable to fathom out how to just obtain say the last few hundred headers of newly subscribed groups, and not all 5000+ :-(. Fetching new news articles also has me stumped (and I think you're beginning to understand why I'm still on 5.4.67 & leafnode :-)). I've conducted comparisons between what leafnode downloads (via 5.4.67) and what the agent downloads when I do a 'J u' or 'J s'. With very little rhyme or reason (to me at least), the agent does not appear to fetch as many new article headers/bodies, in-fact it usually downloads nothing - I fruitlessly try a few more 'J u's and 'J s's, eventually give up and retreat to the comfortable confines of 5.4.67 and await the next Quassia release. I feel I must be missing something rather obvious here, so if anyone can add to my sense of mental inadequacy, please do. Yes (again), I know Quassia is still alpha, but I'd still like to use it for its offline capabilities and get rid of leafnode. Any info on how others are use 'agent' features, much appreciated. -- Regards, Mike.