From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: Make Gnus emit more errors for unknown servers?
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:55:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3sn9upa7h.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vafelleti04.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>> The server should still be in gnus-server-alist, I think? If it
>> isn't, it should be put there. Probably.
>
> I'm trying to suggest the opposite: when Gnus finds that a server is
> missing, it should issue an error message.
But wouldn't it be better if the server never went missing?
> There have been discussions in the past of people who see lots of
> strange servers when they do `^'. And even more strange problems
> resulted from this.
Well, it is valid in Gnus to just put arbitrary select methods as the
servers of arbitrary groups. This will result in strange servers in
the server buffer. Is that a problem?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-29 10:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-16 10:25 Kai Großjohann
2001-12-29 3:53 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-12-29 10:53 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-12-29 10:55 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2001-12-29 21:50 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-12-29 22:41 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-12-31 11:26 ` Paul Jarc
2001-12-31 11:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-12-31 11:36 ` Paul Jarc
2001-12-31 11:43 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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