Re: Kevin's gnus-open-server changes

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>> Say you have lots of different groups from different on your laptop,
>> but only agentize, say, nnimap, because those are the only ones you
>> want to work with while you're on the train.  So you work as normal
>> when connected to the net, hit a toggle, unplug the laptop and go on
>> answering your mail while on the train.  You return home, flip the
>> toggle, and carry on.
>
> Ah, I see.  I think that currently, Gnus will timeout on accessing
> the net and ask the user whether they want to switch the server to
> offline mode.  Is this correct?

That's one possible behavior.

(defcustom gnus-server-unopen-status nil
  "The default status if the server is not able to open.
If the server is covered by Gnus agent, the possible values are
`denied', set the server denied; `offline', set the server offline;
nil, ask user.  If the server is not covered by Gnus agent, set the
server denied."
...)


>  Or is offline mode only used for
> agentized servers?

Offline is the nnagent backend.  An unagentized server that fails to
connect is denied.

Kevin