Re: Slrnpull

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> writes:

> On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 08:11:10PM -0700, Harry Putnam wrote:
> > 
> > Anyone running slrnpull here, that can coach me a bit?
>  
> Not since abandoning the tyranny of metered dial-up connections, but
> maybe I can help.
> 
> > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool ""
> >               (nnspool-spool-directory "/var/spool/slrnpull")
> >               (nnspool-nov-directory "/var/spool/slrnpull/news")
> >               (nnspool-active-file "/var/spool/slrnpull/data/active")))
>  
> I used these settings for nnspool and slrnpull (in OS/2):
> 
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool ""))
> (setq nnspool-spool-directory "i:/usr/spool/slrnpull/news/")
> (setq nnspool-nov-directory "i:/usr/spool/slrnpull/news/")
> (setq nnspool-sift-nov-with-sed t)
> (setq nnspool-active-file "i:/usr/spool/slrnpull/data/active")
> (setq nnspool-inews-program "my_inews.cmd")
> 
> It looks like my nnspool-spool-directory points to the same place as
> nnspool-nov-directory, maybe that's your problem.

Yeah that stupid mistake followed me from a discussion on
gnu.emacs.gnu to here. Sorry about the unnecessary noise.  I've since
corrected it due to Kai's gentle nudges.  And it works in this version:

(setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool ""
   (nnspool-spool-directory "/var/spool/slrnpull/news/")  <== corrected
   (nnspool-nov-directory "/var/spool/slrnpull/news/")
   (nnspool-active-file "/var/spool/slrnpull/data/active")))

I haven't tried posting yet though.  Still have this in an
experimental (fake) directory.

I don't understand the role of `i' in your scheme and the 

 (setq nnspool-sift-nov-with-sed t)

>From manual:
  `nnspool-sift-nov-with-sed'
     If non-`nil', which is the default, use `sed' to get the relevant
     portion from the overview file.  If nil, `nnspool' will load the
     entire file into a buffer and process it there.

Since this is  all taking place on local disk, is this sed thing really
usefull?  And what defines the `relevant portion'. Also since this is
a default, wouldn't it be in force anyway without explicit entry in
server code?

Any tips on getting posting from slrnpull /var/spool/slrnpull/out.going?
Is it just as simple as `C-c C-c'