* Web-based refer article methods not working
@ 2011-09-11 1:19 John Wiegley
2011-09-12 4:55 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: John Wiegley @ 2011-09-11 1:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ding
I have my gnus-refer-article-method set as follows:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(current
(nnir "LocalNews")
(nnweb "gmane"
(nnweb-type gmane))
(nnweb "refer"
(nnweb-type google)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Now, "current" and "nnir" lookups work as expected. But when I try to find
the parent of an article which I don't have in my Leafnode spool -- but which
I know for certain is either in Gmane or Google Groups -- it always fails.
The failure is pretty silent, too. Here's what I'm seeing:
1. I enter the group gnu.emacs.help using C-u RET, so that it reads in all
the artcles I have.
2. I press / w until all limits are popped.
3. I press C-c C-s C-d to sort by date, and pick the oldest article which is
a reply to something. The message in question is
"<mailman.758.1310969651.8699.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>", subject "Re:
String replace with lisp code".
This message has only one reference:
"<CAGdT1gpvyig=M7Q--B0PqiA=gihHMmBH6_6EtrijENN13nKe1g@mail.gmail.com>".
4. I type ^. It says it's contacting Gmane. No error is reported.
5. It adds a message to my summary buffer that looks like this:
R nil nobody (none)
In the *Article* buffer, I still see the original message.
6. What just happened? It didn't find the message in Gmane, but didn't tell
me that; it didn't try to use Google, and it's showing me the same
message as before, just with a bogus message now added to my summary
buffer.
7. Then I edited gnus-refer-article-method to remove the gmane lookup, so
it uses Google. It still can't find the message. Strangely, I can't
lookup the referenced Message-Id via Google Groups Advanced Search
either, although I can lookup the article that I do have, and see that it
does have a parent in Google Groups.
So, I have yet to find a case where the nnweb lookup actually works. Also,
using G w to make an nnweb group never works either, no matter whether I
select gmane or google, and no matter what I type in for the search string.
Thanks,
John
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* Re: Web-based refer article methods not working
2011-09-11 1:19 Web-based refer article methods not working John Wiegley
@ 2011-09-12 4:55 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2011-09-12 4:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Wiegley; +Cc: ding
John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com> writes:
> (nnweb "gmane"
> (nnweb-type gmane))
Uhm. Looking at the code, both on the Gnus side and the Gmane side, I
don't see how this is supposed to work, or how it's ever been possible
that it worked. Fixing this should be pretty easy, though -- just
provide a web page that actually spits out the raw article when given a
Message-ID.
However -- is there any point in doing that? I mean, Gmane has a
perfectly good way to fetch articles by Message-ID already, called
"NNTP".
As for using Google here -- didn't they discontinue that service?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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