From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: Strange server names confusion
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 12:21:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafitf060cs.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3elppp4o0.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu> (prj@po.cwru.edu's message of "Sun, 02 Sep 2001 19:13:13 -0400")
prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
> > Is there a way for a foreign server to have a different name than
>> address using the `normal' Gnus functions?
>
> When you create the server, Gnus asksk you for the name. The string
> you give is used for both the name and the address. But then you can
> edit the server to change the address.
Ah, of course.
>> I have the following entry in gnus-server-alist:
>>
>> ("quimby" nntp "quimby" (nntp-address "news.gnus.org"))
>>
>> I think that this means that both the name and the address are
>> "quimby". Therefore, "nntp:quimby" should work. But it doesn't, only
>> "quimby" works.
>
> I think that means that either I've misunderstood and misexplained
> things, or there's a bug in Gnus. Try this:
> (eq (gnus-server-to-method "quimby") (gnus-server-to-method "nntp:quimby"))
> If they are eq, then presumably Gnus is using something other than
> gnus-server-to-method to interpret the server names in group infos -
> maybe this is a bug. If they are not eq, then I've misunderstood
> something.
They are eq.
>> Or are you saying that with the above entry, "nntp:news.gnus.org"
>> should work? Whee...
>
> No, I wouldn't expect that to work.
>
>
> paul
>
kai
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-01 19:06 Kai Großjohann
2001-09-01 19:39 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-09-01 21:59 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-09-02 4:54 ` Paul Jarc
2001-09-02 10:44 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-09-02 23:13 ` Paul Jarc
2001-09-03 8:23 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-09-03 14:17 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-09-03 23:04 ` Paul Jarc
2001-09-04 13:44 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-09-05 0:55 ` Paul Jarc
2001-09-04 0:05 ` Paul Jarc
2001-09-03 10:21 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
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