Re: Accessing cached articles without an active internet connection

[David Hume <David.Hume@example.com>]

Alexander Baier <lexi.baier@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> This is the general functionality I am trying to achieve:
>
> In a nntp-group (usually gmane) I want to save few articles in such a
> way that I can access these later even when gnus can't connect to the
> server said group is on.
>
> I found (info "(Gnus) Persistent Articles") to sound like something
> really close to what I want to have.  Marking articles with `*' stores
> them in ~/News/cache/group.name and selecting such an article from
> inside a group is significantly faster as doing so with a non-cached
> article.  Thus gnus really uses these cached articles.
>
> Trying to open a group with cached articles inside while being offline
> fails with something like the following:
>
> "Opening nntp server on news.gmane.org...failed: >>> (error
> news.gmane.org/nntp Name or service not known)"
>
> Is there a way to enter this group despite not having an active
> connection to the server?  I only want to see articles that have been
> cached (ergo reside locally on disk) anyway.
>
> Any pointers are greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,

I managed to do this by selecting "read folder as a group" from the menu
and then selecting "News/cache.." as the folder.