Re: Gnus Agent saves only some group lists

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Michael Schierl <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de> writes:

> Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:
>
>> Michael Schierl <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de> writes:
>>
>>> So the problem is most likely not that the stored data is not used,
>>> but that the data is not stored properly.
>>
>> Try adding some of your nttp servers to the list of secondary servers
>> to see if I am right.
>
> Hmm. In my .gnus.el is
>
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.individual.de"))
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org"))
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gnus.org"))
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.arcor.de"))
>
> and 
>
> gnus-secondary-select-methods's value is 
> ((nntp "news.arcor.de")
>  (nntp "news.gnus.org")
>  (nntp "news.gmane.org"))
>
> is there another list of secondary servers? 

Unfortunitely no.  So much for my nice simple theory.

> Could it be some problem that, a few days ago, i commented out all the
> secondary servers because of connection problems (which, surprising
> me, did not prevent Gnus from contacting them) and then later
> commented them in again? Can I force Gnus to reread the active files
> of these 2 servers without losing any of the group contents?

There's probably better but this is what I've found.  If you type 'b'
in the group buffer, gnus will check for bogus newsgroups.  In the
process, it will read the active files for your native and secondary
servers.  If gnus-have-read-active-file is non-nil, the check bogus
groups command will do nothing so make sure that it is nil (set it if
necessary).

BTW, when you do 'A A' to list the active groups, gnus has logic in
place to prevent the agent from saving the new active file.  Strange.

Kevin