From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/55264 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Server loses `agent' status Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:32:38 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071678802 3075 80.91.224.253 (17 Dec 2003 16:33:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M3804@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Dec 17 17:33:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AWebu-0005j4-00 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:33:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AWebT-00039m-00; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:32:51 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AWebK-00039e-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:32:42 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B30E03A0040 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:32:41 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AWebJ-0001kT-00 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:32:41 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AWebH-0001kL-00 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:32:39 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AWebH-0000lk-00 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:32:39 +0100 Original-Lines: 53 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ttcey3ja7zABpuPzJsQZNM8ZKeg= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:55264 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:55264 Harry Putnam writes: >> Open agent/lib/servers. Does it contain a list of server names or a >> list of server methods? If the answer is methods, upgrade to CVS. If >> it is a list of strings, I'd like to hear more about how you >> configured this foreign server. > > Well it has one server name looks like this: > > cat servers > ("nntp:news.gmane.org" "native") > > And the current session is a restart so the agent flag is absent on > gmane in server buffer. > > Server Buffer: > {nnfolder:archive} (opened) > {nntp:news.gmane.org} (opened) > {nndir:/home/reader/Mail/prinb} (opened) > {nndir:/anex/mail.bk} (opened) > {nnml:} (opened) > {nntp:enews.newsguy.com} (opened) (agent) > > However as you see, the agent flag is present on the only other nntp > server enews.newsguy.com and it isn't mentioned at all in News/**/server > directory. > > Newsguy is there from `select method' in gnus: > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "enews.newsguy.com")) > > Gmane was selectd using the B (foreign server) command in Group > buffer long ago. However marking it as agentized in server buffer > will not stick thru a restart. > > I'm going to cvs update now. Will report back if things still seem screwy After cvs update... now running the latest as of yesterday. I see the same phenomena. Setting the agentized mark (J a) on a foreign server ( selected by pressing `B' on group buffer) and `agentt' appears on the right of server line but after a restart it is gone. Server buffer: {nnfolder:archive} (opened) {nntp:news.gmane.org} (opened) {nndir:/home/reader/Mail/prinb} (opened) {nndir:/anex/mail.bk} (opened) {nnml:} (opened) {nntp:enews.newsguy.com} (opened) (agent) cat News/agent/lib/servers ("nntp:news.gmane.org" "native")