From: Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org>
Subject: Re: Server loses `agent' status
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:03:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <plop871xr2txo7.fsf@gnu-rox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33cbjtnfd.fsf@newsguy.com> (Harry Putnam's message of "Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:32:38 -0600")
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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> disait récemment que :
> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>>> Open agent/lib/servers. Does it contain a list of server names or a
>>> list of server methods? If the answer is methods, upgrade to CVS. If
>>> it is a list of strings, I'd like to hear more about how you
>>> configured this foreign server.
>>
>> Well it has one server name looks like this:
>>
>> cat servers
>> ("nntp:news.gmane.org" "native")
>>
>> And the current session is a restart so the agent flag is absent on
>> gmane in server buffer.
>>
>> Server Buffer:
>> {nnfolder:archive} (opened)
>> {nntp:news.gmane.org} (opened)
>> {nndir:/home/reader/Mail/prinb} (opened)
>> {nndir:/anex/mail.bk} (opened)
>> {nnml:} (opened)
>> {nntp:enews.newsguy.com} (opened) (agent)
>>
>> However as you see, the agent flag is present on the only other nntp
>> server enews.newsguy.com and it isn't mentioned at all in News/**/server
>> directory.
>>
>> Newsguy is there from `select method' in gnus:
>> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "enews.newsguy.com"))
>>
>> Gmane was selectd using the B (foreign server) command in Group
>> buffer long ago. However marking it as agentized in server buffer
>> will not stick thru a restart.
>>
>> I'm going to cvs update now. Will report back if things still seem screwy
>
> After cvs update... now running the latest as of yesterday.
> I see the same phenomena. Setting the agentized mark (J a) on a
> foreign server ( selected by pressing `B' on group buffer) and
> `agentt' appears on the right of server line but after a restart it
> is gone.
>
> Server buffer:
> {nnfolder:archive} (opened)
> {nntp:news.gmane.org} (opened)
> {nndir:/home/reader/Mail/prinb} (opened)
> {nndir:/anex/mail.bk} (opened)
> {nnml:} (opened)
> {nntp:enews.newsguy.com} (opened) (agent)
>
> cat News/agent/lib/servers
> ("nntp:news.gmane.org" "native")
I am using a yesterday copy of Gnus cvs and all is working quite well
here. What's more nntp are *by default* agentized so I don't really
understand why for you it doesn't react that way.
Can you post your configuration or report a bug using the dedicated
function so we probably could see what is wrong ?
zeDek
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-18 7:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-16 12:09 Harry Putnam
2003-12-16 14:32 ` Kevin Greiner
2003-12-17 2:52 ` Harry Putnam
2003-12-17 16:32 ` Harry Putnam
2003-12-18 7:03 ` Xavier Maillard [this message]
2003-12-19 14:17 ` Harry Putnam
2003-12-22 21:10 ` FIXED: " Kevin Greiner
2003-12-24 0:02 ` Harry Putnam
2003-12-18 7:00 ` Xavier Maillard
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