Weird number of messages on server

Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Maybe a gnus bug, i don't konw. By the way, when I try to subscribe a new
group from my server here it is what I get in th summary buffer:

     5843864: it.arti.cinema

I think that no group in the whole solar system has nearly 6 millions of
messages, moreover if I try to browse this groups gnus hangs up telling me
that it runs out of memory (no surprise) and suggests me to use 'M-x
save-some-buffer' command.

Any clue?
Thank's in advantage.
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On 26 Jan 2007, daniele@mother.nostromo.wy wrote:

> Maybe a gnus bug, i don't konw. By the way, when I try to subscribe a new
> group from my server here it is what I get in th summary buffer:
>
> 5843864: it.arti.cinema
>
> I think that no group in the whole solar system has nearly 6 millions of
> messages, 

Maybe there was a Felini vs. Antonioni thread ;)

> moreover if I try to browse this groups gnus hangs up telling me
> that it runs out of memory (no surprise) and suggests me to use 'M-x
> save-some-buffer' command.

Catch up with it (`c') and then you can look at the last N articles
(say, 200) with

C-u 200 Enter

on the group.  Once you start seeing new messages from your
subscription date, this won't be necessary.  But if a group has no
unread messages (as will be the case when you catch up), Gnus will
again try to get everything in the group, so you need to limit it.

Ted

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Moreover, if I browse the active file of my news server throught the server
buffer, the entry of that groups shows the correct number of messages.
This is strange indeed.

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

>> I think that no group in the whole solar system has nearly 6 millions of
>> messages, 
>
> Maybe there was a Felini vs. Antonioni thread ;)

ROTFL! Indeed it's a very high traffic group :-D

> Catch up with it (`c') and then you can look at the last N articles
> (say, 200) with
>
> C-u 200 Enter
>
> on the group.  Once you start seeing new messages from your
> subscription date, this won't be necessary.  But if a group has no
> unread messages (as will be the case when you catch up), Gnus will
> again try to get everything in the group, so you need to limit it.
>
> Ted

Thank you very much.
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puntura di quelle puo' trasformarvi in Fabrizio Frizzi, brr.
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> C-u 200 Enter

C-u Enter 200
Maybe.
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(90)  Ok, hai 40 anni e hai vissuto meta' della tua vita.  Ma guarda il
      lato positivo.  Se fossi una cavalla, saresti gia' morta da 15
      anni.
(91)  Lo sai che questa e' la stagione degli amori per i molluschi
      bivalvi?
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Well, I did as you suggested me but the result doesn't satisfy me yet. When
I finally enter in the summary buffer it's empty but the cached articles.

What's strange is that the problem regards only few groups.
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(74)  Non aver paura, non mordo.  A meno che tu non me lo chieda.
(75)  Ho avuto quattro mogli.  Sono morte tutte in circostanze
      misteriose.
(76)  Dimmi tutto di te.  Mi piace farmi vedere mentre converso con una
      sventola.
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On 27 Jan 2007, daniele@mother.nostromo.wy wrote:

> Well, I did as you suggested me but the result doesn't satisfy me yet. When
> I finally enter in the summary buffer it's empty but the cached articles.
>
> What's strange is that the problem regards only few groups.

Just because the NNTP server reports X articles "from the start of
time" essentially, doesn't mean that many are available.  Just catchup
to the present, and you'll be fine.

Ted

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On 27 Jan 2007, daniele@mother.nostromo.wy wrote:
>
>> Well, I did as you suggested me but the result doesn't satisfy me yet. When
>> I finally enter in the summary buffer it's empty but the cached articles.
>>
>> What's strange is that the problem regards only few groups.
>
> Just because the NNTP server reports X articles "from the start of
> time" essentially, doesn't mean that many are available.  Just catchup
> to the present, and you'll be fine.

It's not so simple. I had already tried this, and that's what I get: I catch
up all the article in that groups, so the buffer tells me that there are zero
unread articles, then when I try to enter that group Gnus reads from the nntp
server the number of articles present and again returns me that huge amount.
-- 
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Ron [vincitore dell'ultimo festival, ediz. 1996] chiede la verita', ma
per la Procura e' impossibile sapere con certezza chi ha davvero vinto
la prossima edizione.
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Mark T.B. Carroll]

giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:
(snip)
> It's not so simple. I had already tried this, and that's what I get: I catch
> up all the article in that groups, so the buffer tells me that there are zero
> unread articles, then when I try to enter that group Gnus reads from the nntp
> server the number of articles present and again returns me that huge
> amount.

I sometimes see something similar - see my report at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393546

I find that removing all mention of the afflicted groups from Gnus'
files, then resubscribing, etc. fixes the problem when it happens.

-- Mark

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:28:46 -0500 mark@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) wrote: 

MTBC> giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:
MTBC> (snip)
>> It's not so simple. I had already tried this, and that's what I get: I catch
>> up all the article in that groups, so the buffer tells me that there are zero
>> unread articles, then when I try to enter that group Gnus reads from the nntp
>> server the number of articles present and again returns me that huge
>> amount.

MTBC> I sometimes see something similar - see my report at
MTBC> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393546

MTBC> I find that removing all mention of the afflicted groups from Gnus'
MTBC> files, then resubscribing, etc. fixes the problem when it happens.

I hope that works.  I've never seen this bug.  If you can replicate it
reliably, turn on the NNTP log, and try to submit a bug  You may need
to send us your newsrc.eld and other bits.

Ted

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Mark T.B. Carroll]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:28:46 -0500 mark@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) wrote: 
(snip)
> MTBC> I sometimes see something similar - see my report at
> MTBC> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393546
>
> MTBC> I find that removing all mention of the afflicted groups from Gnus'
> MTBC> files, then resubscribing, etc. fixes the problem when it happens.
>
> I hope that works.  I've never seen this bug.  If you can replicate it
> reliably, turn on the NNTP log, and try to submit a bug  You may need
> to send us your newsrc.eld and other bits.

Cool. FWIW there's an NNTP log snip in that bug (it doesn't seem to
include the server's actual responses, just what was sent) and my
.gnus.el was as in
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355071

It's not happening at the moment, but if it happens again I'll gather a
copy of the newsrc.eld and let you guys know.

The only really irritating bug right now is
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=379665
(I have seven open bugs filed with Debian)

-- Mark

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

mark@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) writes:

> I sometimes see something similar - see my report at
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393546

I have read it few days ago.

> I find that removing all mention of the afflicted groups from Gnus'
> files, then resubscribing, etc. fixes the problem when it happens.

>From .newsrc you mean?
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solo chi ha capito come si fa.
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> I hope that works.  I've never seen this bug.  If you can replicate it
> reliably, turn on the NNTP log, and try to submit a bug  You may need
> to send us your newsrc.eld and other bits.

How can I turn on the nntp log?
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almeno tre a sera".  Farebbe prima a lavarsi.
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Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Mark T.B. Carroll]

giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:

> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>
>> I hope that works.  I've never seen this bug.  If you can replicate it
>> reliably, turn on the NNTP log, and try to submit a bug  You may need
>> to send us your newsrc.eld and other bits.
>
> How can I turn on the nntp log?

(setq nntp-record-commands t)

-- Mark

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Mark T.B. Carroll]

giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:
(snip)
> From .newsrc you mean?

More than that. I forget how deeply I had to excise things, but
certainly .newsrc.eld and possibly into the actual groups themselves.
(Was a while ago now, I'm afraid.)

-- mark

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:23:02 -0500 mark@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) wrote: 

MTBC> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:28:46 -0500 mark@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) wrote: 
MTBC> (snip)
MTBC> I sometimes see something similar - see my report at
MTBC> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393546
>> 
MTBC> I find that removing all mention of the afflicted groups from Gnus'
MTBC> files, then resubscribing, etc. fixes the problem when it happens.
>> 
>> I hope that works.  I've never seen this bug.  If you can replicate it
>> reliably, turn on the NNTP log, and try to submit a bug  You may need
>> to send us your newsrc.eld and other bits.

MTBC> Cool. FWIW there's an NNTP log snip in that bug (it doesn't seem to
MTBC> include the server's actual responses, just what was sent) and my
MTBC> .gnus.el was as in
MTBC> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355071

MTBC> It's not happening at the moment, but if it happens again I'll gather a
MTBC> copy of the newsrc.eld and let you guys know.

Great, thanks Mark.  If you don't hear from a Gnus developer in a few
days, remind me and I'll follow up on the ding mailing list.

MTBC> The only really irritating bug right now is
MTBC> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=379665
MTBC> (I have seven open bugs filed with Debian)

Unfortunately I don't use the Agent personally, and was not involved
at all in the code for it, so I can't suggest anything.  As with the
other bug, let me know if you haven't heard about it from a Gnus
developer.

Generally Gnus bugs should be submitted with M-x gnus-bug instead of
through Debian for the fastest response.  I am on the ding mailing
list, and I don't remember anything from the Debian people in years
(but I may have missed it).  We do get reports from Emacs, though,
since Gnus is included in Emacs.

Ted

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:40:36 -0500 mark@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) wrote: 

MTBC> giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:
>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> 
>>> I hope that works.  I've never seen this bug.  If you can replicate it
>>> reliably, turn on the NNTP log, and try to submit a bug  You may need
>>> to send us your newsrc.eld and other bits.
>> 
>> How can I turn on the nntp log?

MTBC> (setq nntp-record-commands t)

Right.  Sorry, I forgot to mention the command.  So yes, turn the log
on, then do (setq gnus-verbose 10).  Duplicate the bug in the fewest
possible steps, then run M-x gnus-bug and include the NNTP log, your
.newsrc.eld file, and your gnus.el file.  The contents of the
*Messages* buffer will have useful information as well; I forget if
they are included in gnus-bug automatically but I think so.  If there
is information in any of those files that you don't want to share with
a public list, you can e-mail me directly and I'll censor them, or you
can edit a copy yourself before you send the e-mail.

I realize this is not a quick job.  Unfortunately it could involve
several pieces of functionality, so we should have a good picture of
your setup.

Ted

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Michael Widerkrantz]

giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:

> Moreover, if I browse the active file of my news server throught the server
> buffer, the entry of that groups shows the correct number of messages.
> This is strange indeed.

I have the same experience.

For me, it's the comp.compilers group.

Gnus says it has 10651 articles. The news server says:

  Me:                  group comp.compilers
  news.lysator.liu.se: 211 411 8841 9514 comp.compilers

which I get to 673.

I tried to kill the group and subscribe again, but that didn't help. 

I tried to find all mentions of the group in .newsrc.eld and other
files and remove them. Then I restarted Emacs and Gnus, but that
didn't help. 

I did what Ted asked about M-x gnus-bug RET and included *Messages*,
my .newsrc.eld, the nntp-log and various other things.

Any ideas?

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[giglio robbo' d'acciaio]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> include the NNTP log

I can't find it. Where is it?
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all'emancipazione della dissonanza.  Ci manca molto il suo senso di
quieta autorita', la sua calma introspezione.  Quell'aria intensa, come
di chi in bagno a un certo punto si accorge che e' finita la carta
igienica.
		-- Daniele Luttazzi, "C.R.A.M.P.O. - storia della musica"

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Michael Widerkrantz]

giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:

> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>
>> include the NNTP log
>
> I can't find it. Where is it?

It ends up in a buffer called *nntp-log*.

Re: Weird number of messages on server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:58:24 +0100 Michael Widerkrantz <mc@hack.org> wrote: 

MW> giglio robbo' d'acciaio <daniele@mother.nostromo.wy> writes:
>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> 
>>> include the NNTP log
>> 
>> I can't find it. Where is it?

MW> It ends up in a buffer called *nntp-log*.

...which is hidden by default, so you will have to do

C-x b *nntp-log*

I hope that helps!
Ted