From: Bruce Stephens <bruce@cenderis.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Agent things
Date: 02 Oct 1997 21:25:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3afgr6hfd.fsf@cenderis.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Stainless Steel Rat's message of "02 Oct 1997 13:07:03 -0400"
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> >>>>> "BS" == Bruce Stephens <b.stephens@isode.com> writes:
>
> BS> I'm a bit unclear about the usage. I was expecting for it to start
> BS> off unplugged, but it seems to start plugged.
>
> You can start Gnus with 'gnus-unplugged' or ((setq gnus-plugged nil)
> gnus). Either will start Gnus with the agent unplugged.
Duh. That sounds like it might work!
> Something that just occoured to me: would it be a good thing if, when
> starting Gnus and the remote server is unavailable, to automatically switch
> to unplugged if the server is in the agent?
Yes, I think that would be a good idea. If my .gnus.el contains
(gnus-agentize), then it's reasonable to assume that I'll want to
continue unplugged if servers can't be contacted. This'll be wrong
sometimes, of course, but I can cope with pressing "qy" when I don't
want to continue.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-10-02 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-02 15:30 Bruce Stephens
1997-10-02 18:10 ` St. Suika Roberts
[not found] ` <x7lo0cw0ug.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1997-10-02 20:25 ` Bruce Stephens [this message]
1997-10-03 22:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-10-04 12:07 ` Bruce Stephens
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