From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/7039 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Wells Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: random questions mostly about Gnus configuration variables Date: 30 Jun 1996 00:48:59 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035147408 5692 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 20:56:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:56:48 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA28311 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 22:39:01 -0700 Original-Received: from cs.bu.edu (root@CS.BU.EDU [128.197.13.2]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 06:51:34 +0200 Original-Received: from csb.bu.edu by cs.bu.edu (8.6.10/Spike-2.1) id AAA02212; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 00:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: by csb.bu.edu (8.6.10/Spike-2.1) id AAA09676; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 00:48:59 -0400 Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no Original-Lines: 37 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.29/Emacs 19.31 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:7039 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:7039 Hi, Gnusians, Here are some random questions mostly about Gnus configuration variables: 1. The doc string ("C-h v") of gnus-fetch-old-headers is unclear. The doc string seems to imply that Gnus will scan the "references" headers of the articles and then request the headers of the referred articles. But in fact, setting this variable non-nil seems to make Gnus blindly fetch all of the headers in the newsgroup. What really happens? 2. What is gnus-simplify-ignored-prefixes used by? The doc string is unclear. 3. The doc string of gnus-build-sparse-threads is unclear. What does this really do? What are the "gaps" to which the doc string refers? 4. What in the world does gnus-group-use-permanent-levels do? The doc string is utterly baffling. What does it mean by "once you set a level"? 5. How do gnus-auto-subscribed-groups, gnus-options-subscribe, and gnus-options-not-subscribe interact? 6. What is the difference between nil and 'some for gnus-read-active-file? 7. Why did I see the message "Loading hexl" while Gnus was fetching headers for a group? What does Gnus use "hexl" for? 8. What is "~/Mail/drafts" for? 9. What are the interactions between the to-address, to-group, and to-list parameters of a group? What happens if you set more than one of them? What is the difference between to-address and to-list? -- Joe Wells