post to secondary server

post to secondary server

[Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren]

say, I want to post to nntp+an.obscure.nntp.server:a.group.

I enter the group, hit a, and post using c-u c-c c-c.

but how can I post without entering the grop?  posting to
nntp+an.obscure.nntp.server:a.group does not work.  (I wonder if this is
the question to which Lars, in the Gnus manual, replies, "Thanks for
asking.  I hate you."

-- 
Rolf Lindgren                                        http://www.uio.no/~roffe/
roffe@tag.uio.no                                                 ICQ# 14442920
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Re: post to secondary server

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren <roffe@morgoth.uio.no> writes:

  > I enter the group, hit a, and post using c-u c-c c-c.

You can type C-u a from the Group buffer instead of entering the group
then typing a.

kai
-- 
OOP: object oriented programming;  OOPS: object oriented mistakes

Re: post to secondary server

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren <roffe@morgoth.uio.no> writes:

> but how can I post without entering the grop?  posting to
> nntp+an.obscure.nntp.server:a.group does not work.  (I wonder if this is
> the question to which Lars, in the Gnus manual, replies, "Thanks for
> asking.  I hate you."

It's the one, but it also explains how to do it.  `C-u 0 C-c C-c' will
prompt you for the server to use when posting.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: post to secondary server

[Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren]

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

|   It's the one, but it also explains how to do it.  `C-u 0 C-c C-c' will
|   prompt you for the server to use when posting.

I've tried it, and it does not seem to work for me.  but Kai's
suggestion does, so I'll stick to that until the next time the behavior
changes :)

-- 
Rolf Lindgren                                        http://www.uio.no/~roffe/
roffe@tag.uio.no                                                 ICQ# 14442920
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Re: post to secondary server

[Karsten Thygesen]

>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

Lars> Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren <roffe@morgoth.uio.no> writes:
>> but how can I post without entering the grop?  posting to
>> nntp+an.obscure.nntp.server:a.group does not work.  (I wonder if
>> this is the question to which Lars, in the Gnus manual, replies,
>> "Thanks for asking.  I hate you."

Lars> It's the one, but it also explains how to do it.  `C-u 0 C-c
Lars> C-c' will prompt you for the server to use when posting.

Why not make the default server configurable on a pr. group basis (in
the group configure system). I always forget to type C-u...

Karsten
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Re: post to secondary server

[David Mentre]

Karsten Thygesen <karthy@kom.auc.dk> writes:

> Why not make the default server configurable on a pr. group basis (in
> the group configure system). I always forget to type C-u...

Lars has said it was more "natural" to post to the default
server. Anyway, here is a hack (sent to me by somebody I've lost the
name) I'm using:

;;;; Hack for posting on foreign servers
(add-hook 'message-setup-hook
	  (lambda ()
	    (local-set-key "\C-c\C-c" 'message-send-and-exit-with-prefix)))

(defun message-send-and-exit-with-prefix ()
  "Call the message-send-and-exit function with a positive number argument
to make it post the message on the foreign NNTP server of a group, instead
of the default NNTP server"
  (interactive)
  (message-send-and-exit 1))

Hope it helps,
d.
-- 
 David.Mentre@irisa.fr -- http://www.irisa.fr/prive/dmentre/

Re: post to secondary server

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> Karsten Thygesen <karthy@kom.auc.dk> writes:

  > Why not make the default server configurable on a pr. group basis (in
  > the group configure system). I always forget to type C-u...

You can set gnus-post-method to current.

kai
-- 
OOP: object oriented programming;  OOPS: object oriented mistakes

Re: post to secondary server

[Lars Balker Rasmussen]

Kurt Swanson <ksw@dna.lth.se> writes:
> What would be nice is if 'current looked at the newsgroups line and
> determined which server the group(s) come from.

Not possible.

gnus-select-method's value is (nntp "news.daimi.aau.dk")

[ Gnus -- 768 ]
    [ test -- 768 ]
         573: nntp+news.inet.tele.dk:comp.emacs
         195: comp.emacs
-- 
Lars Balker Rasmussen, Software Engineer, Mjolner Informatics ApS
lbr@mjolner.dk