From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66630 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sivaram Neelakantan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:53:12 +0530 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207045462 10567 80.91.229.12 (1 Apr 2008 10:24:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:24:22 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M15115@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Apr 01 12:24:44 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JgdfR-0003tR-HB for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:24:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JgdeM-0001Vv-Lf; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:23:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JgdeL-0001Vm-K7 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:23:29 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JgdeF-000242-Ne for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:23:29 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1JgdeO-0006D5-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:23:32 +0200 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JgdeC-0001GR-QS for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:23:20 +0000 Original-Received: from 59.145.136.1 ([59.145.136.1]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:23:20 +0000 Original-Received: from nsivaram.net by 59.145.136.1 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:23:20 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 39 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 59.145.136.1 User-Mail-Address: nsivaram.net@gmail.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/0aBIKtFm56qj3L428Iz05401PU= X-Spam-Score: -1.1 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:66630 Archived-At: Katsumi Yamaoka writes: >>>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: [...] > Furthermore, it will also be one of the causes that the topic > mode shows even the groups that have not been activated (bug?). > Maybe the solution is: > > ,---- (info "(gnus)Group Levels") ---- > | `S l' > | Set the level of the current group. If a numeric prefix is given, > | the next N groups will have their levels set. The user will be > | prompted for a level. > `---- Well, that fixed it. But now I have the problem that it does try to access the mailserver when I set the level to 2. Sometimes I just want offline access to the mailbox. gnus-no-server was intuitive except for the frightening error. :) Really, for a minute I thought the nnml mail folder was a goner. At least, can there be a graceful "no" instead of an error like that? > > Otherwise you can use `M-3 M-x gnus' (`M-3' means `Meta 3', which > can be replaced with `C-u 3' or `ESC 3'). > That's not the easiest thing to hit to get offline access is it? :) Granted, anything Gnus and easiest do not sit well on the same sentence. *ducks sivaram --