From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/30130 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Setting nnslashdot levels? Date: 22 Apr 2000 01:08:26 +0200 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035166701 6845 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 02:18:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from lisa.math.uh.edu (lisa.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.49]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32802D051E for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:56:16 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by lisa.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAB30086; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:56:15 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:55:45 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA08976 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:55:35 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [193.69.4.139]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34341D051E for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:55:53 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by quimby.gnus.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA03508 for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:57:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 956357866 6737 193.69.4.148 (21 Apr 2000 22:57:46 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 22:57:46 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Tied + Tickled Trio's _EA1 EA2_ User-Agent: Gnus/5.0805 (Gnus v5.8.5) Emacs/20.6 X-Face: &w!^oO~dS|}-P0~ge{$c!h\ writes: > > > 2) Even better would be if the slashdot webserver was not contacted at > > > _all_ (not even at gnus startup) until I specifically requested it. > > > Can this be configured? Is it just the same as above? > > > > If you don't have the slashdot server in your secondary select > > methods, the groups will probably not be activated. > > But when will new groups be found, then? That's a good question. > Is it possible to mark a server as "denied" per default, until you > explicitly open it? (push '((nnslashdot "") denied) gnus-opened-servers) But un-denying the server means going into the server buffer and `R'-ing there. I have nnslashdot as a secondary select method, and even though Slashdot is often down, it doesn't really bother me much. When Gnus hangs, I just `C-g' past it and continue with my work... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen