From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/21538 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Couldn't open server? Date: 26 Feb 1999 07:55:07 +0100 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 1035159623 23467 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 00:20:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 00:20:23 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from fisher.math.uh.edu (fisher.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.35]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA01319 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 03:01:51 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by fisher.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAB06551; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:00:46 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:00:57 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA01863 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:59:43 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from quimbies.gnus.org (larsi@ppp007.uio.no [129.240.240.8]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA01211 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:59:30 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (from larsi@localhost) by quimbies.gnus.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA23718; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:58:57 +0100 Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Reading: Italo Calvinos _Usynlige byer_ X-Now-Playing: Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook's _Sleeps With The Fishes_: "These Waves" Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Dmitry Yaitskov's message of "21 Feb 1999 10:35:44 -0500" User-Agent: Gnus/5.070078 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.78) XEmacs/21.2(beta3) (Aglaia) X-Face: &w!^oO~dS|}-P0~ge{$c!h\ writes: > A thought: it would be nice if Gnus did one of 2 things: either (1) > didn't try to open servers which were denied last time upon pressing > g in the group buffer, but tried nonetheless if asked specifically to > open a particular group, Gnus does this. `M-g' on a group will try to activate the group even if the server was previously denied. > or (2) kept track of last time the server was > really denied, and if that time exceeded a certain amount (e.g. 2 > hours or something), reset the "denied" flag. Otherwise, with Gnus > constantly running, I for example now and again have to go to the > server buffer and un-deny my news server (which is not too reliable, > unfortunately)... I don't really like "automatic fixes", because the user is usually more knowledgeable about these things than a program can ever be. Trying to re-contact a server can be a time-consuming task if the network connection is wonky. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen