Re: Syncing gmane group read state across multiple gnusen

[Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>]

>>>>> Dave Goldberg <david.goldberg6@verizon.net>:

> I read IMAP and a couple nnrss feeds from Gnus in three places at
> work,

(On a side note: IMAP isn't a problem.  It just needs a visit of the
nnimap group to sync up the read numbers.  All tick marks are on the
articles on the IMAP server)

> my primary laptop, which runs linux, a Windows XP VM (cygwin) on that
> same laptop, and on a shared Unix (various flavors, many machines,
> some generated somewhat on the fly) environment.  In the latter case,
> my home directory is in an AFS directory so the Gnus dot files are
> shared.  I just have to be careful to run gnus-slave if I've got
> multiple instances going.  I use unison to sync the dot files with the
> other two home directories.  I typically don't try to do merges when
> there are conflicts, though.  I just take the one with the most recent
> timestamp.

Right.

But this requires that I have the exact same group subscription on all
my Gnusen, doesn't it?

Or can slave files be read in, even if they refer to groups you don't
have, or don't refer to all of the groups you have?

If the latter is the case, then this is a plan.