Re: gnus-group-get-new-news for this one group

[Didier Verna <didier@xemacs.org>]

jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:

> SEH> What about M-g?
> SEH> ,----
> SEH> | M-g runs `gnus-topic-get-new-news-this-topic'
> SEH> `----
> You mean M-g runs the command gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group...
> And it's exactly what I want!
>
> Ah, yes there it is right on (info "(gnus)Scanning New Messages"), but
> not mentioned at all in the (g runs the command)
> gnus-group-get-new-news docstring. The g and M-g docstrings should
> mention each other, next time we lesser users can find it easier.

  M-g also has a very nice side effect: I have some nntp server
accessible via an ssh tunnel which sometimes has connection problems, so
I frequently end up with a "denied" server.

Hitting g in the group buffer skips denied servers. I would then have to
go to the server buffer, close and then reopen the denied server.
However, you can just move to one of this server's groups, and hit M-g
there. This will magically reopen the server in question.


There is still one deficiency related to M-g, which is actually more of
a global misdesign. I would like mails sources to be treated
independently from each other, and be able to open/close/deny individual
mail sources. This way I could also M-g on some mail groups and for
instance just get mail from my local server without trying to reopen
that currently unreachable pop account... unfortunately, that is not
possible.

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