From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9089 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: news@absamail.co.za Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: can gnus do this ? Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:52:50 -0500 Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Message-ID: <1181134359.795974@vasbyt.isdsl.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181137304 28757 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 13:41:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:41:44 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 15:41:43 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hvvld-0000UN-Md for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:41:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvvld-0005aF-9L for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:41:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.is.co.za!news.is.co.za.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:52:45 -0500 X-Mailer: Oberon Mail (ejz) on ETH Oberon (2.4.3) for Linux x86 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus, alt.comp.software.newsreaders, news.software.readers Cache-Post-Path: vasbyt.isdsl.net!unknown@196.208.64.206 X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.2 (see http://www.nntpcache.com/) Original-Lines: 52 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 196.209.252.124 Original-X-Trace: sv3-ms3/xTUpsLtrAAkFVKGujDem9ZWY1W1xXlcNLTTKC5fFGaFysFpzqVrnSWhqZtRbLFT0WIXx+XIzDJE!YYnc88WL6Vx/PZ6ik+/CiOW8n0BADfYLeWHxlhREKhPuZ1Rc7WAv93TCIIQiC9C8qJTAOwmcow== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@is.co.za X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@is.co.za X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79273 news.software.readers:224332 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9089 Archived-At: OP wrote: > > I've taken the plunge with emacs and so far am pleased at the > > integrated approach. > > > > Can gnus be set up to: > > 1. down-load only the last N headers of selected groups; Frank Schmitt wrote: > You mean when entering the Group buffer? Say C-u 50 RET with > point over group to download the last 50 headers. I'll try that if/when I get it to connect to the server. > > 2. down-load only the previously 'marked for d/ling' bodies of > > articles; > Look for Gnus Agent in the manual. If you can confirm that gnus does it, I can expend the time to search HOW. I tried: ^h a agent == 'gnus-agentize M-x gnus-agentize RET Command: Allow Gnus to be an offline newsreader.' Try: Alt/x == 'no command name given' ie. expects char after 'Alt/x ' ? > > 3. go directly [without browsing] to the set of d/l-article bodies ? > > > Sorry, I don't know what you mean here. > Newly downloaded bodies [because they were mark for d/l-ing for the most recent on-line session] may be dispersed over the many groups which you are subscribed to. You don't want to have to search in each group for 'new bodies'. You want to 'go to the next unread body, irrespective of group' ? > > So far [on linux] it "can't connect to server" - error. > > Is this set-up under gnus/emacs, or is it passed off to a different > > 'transporter', > > as mailing is apparently passed-off to send mail ? > > > > Again I don't really know what your problem is, could you be a bit > more verbose? > Apparently emacs doesn't have a mail-transport-agent: it uses sendmail & some 'fetcher' to connect to the mail server[s]. What about for the news-server ? Are the news-server parameters setup by emacs, or does gnus use some other transport-agent which does it's own setup ? > > Thanks for any info, == Chris Glur