Re: Quassia Gnus v0.12 is released

[Matt Simmons <simmonmt@acm.org>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Uhm.  Yes, it's a bit kludgy to totally disable `nn*-request-scan'
> when unplugged, but I don't know what else to do to make `g' work
> properly when unplugged.  
Why can't a check be made in the nn*-request-scan functions to see if
a) the server in question is under control of the agent and b) if the
program is plugged.  If a) is no, or if a) is no and b) is yes, allow
the fetching of mail.  I would imagine that this check could be done
in gnus-request-scan, couldn't it?

> I don't want to put nnml under control of
> the agent -- that would be a complete waste of time and disk space.
Why not?  If nothing else, it would provide consistency.  That said,
it's already under control of the agent - I want to be able to remove
said control.

I can't be the only one who fetchmails his mail, disconnects, and incs
it while disconnected.  I have complete control over mail outside of
nnml: fetchmail gets it, and sendmail takes care of queueing it until
I connect again.  I want to be able to tell Gnus that it should inc
mail whenever I hit `gnus-group-get-new-news' and that it should
always pass mail along to sendmail when I'm done with a message.

Matt

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