* (setq nntp-server-list-active-group 'nil) - will it break anything?
@ 1998-01-06 20:51 Mike McEwan
1998-01-12 22:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Mike McEwan @ 1998-01-06 20:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
Quassia is in the clear (as I suspected :-)), I've finally
discovered what was going on with my attempts at running gnus
`agentized'.
It would appear gnus attempts to obtain its information on a given
newsgroup via `LIST ACTIVE group', but if for some reason the server
doesn't support this a `GROUP group' is performed instead. Please tell
me if I'm wildly off track here, I'm completely new to emacs lisp.
My particular ISP's server seems to have a distinct lag between the
article counts returned from `LIST ACTIVE group' as opposed to using
the `GROUP' command. The output of `LIST ACTIVE group' would appear to
be incremented very occasionally, perhaps hours in between, I haven't
timed it. Is this usual, my knowledge of NNTP server operation is
limited?
Anyway this explains why I was seeing many more articles being
downloaded from my ISP by leafnode as opposed to gnus. Leafnode only
uses the `GROUP' command. Having mooched around in nntp.el I noticed:-
(defvoo nntp-server-list-active-group 'try)
I've changed this variable in my .gnus to `nil' and everything seems
okay - *all* articles downloaded. My question is, will/does this break
anything?
--
Regards, Mike.
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* Re: (setq nntp-server-list-active-group 'nil) - will it break anything?
1998-01-06 20:51 (setq nntp-server-list-active-group 'nil) - will it break anything? Mike McEwan
@ 1998-01-12 22:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1998-01-12 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk> writes:
> My particular ISP's server seems to have a distinct lag between the
> article counts returned from `LIST ACTIVE group' as opposed to using
> the `GROUP' command. The output of `LIST ACTIVE group' would appear to
> be incremented very occasionally, perhaps hours in between, I haven't
> timed it. Is this usual, my knowledge of NNTP server operation is
> limited?
There usually is a lag, but it should be minutes, not hours. It
sounds to me like the news server isn't flushing its active file as
often as it should.
> (defvoo nntp-server-list-active-group 'try)
>
> I've changed this variable in my .gnus to `nil' and everything seems
> okay - *all* articles downloaded. My question is, will/does this break
> anything?
Nope; it won't break anything.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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