From: moderator@faqteam.org (Vasily Korytov)
Subject: Re: How to handle when a server is down?
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:05:48 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fzx8m9ar.fsf@unix.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ubs7wcg7b.fsf@synopsys.com>
>>>>> "DM" == David Masterson writes:
DM> I have subscribed to several newsgroups on my primary news server as
DM> well as a few foreign newsgroups on a couple of other news servers.
DM> Occasionally, although my primary server is up, one of the other news
DM> servers is down temporarily. Therefore, when I start 'gnus', it hangs
DM> waiting for this server to answer the NNTP request. What's the best
DM> way to work around this?
DM> * I know I could use 'gnus-no-server', but then only the foreign
DM> newsgroups are visible in the Group buffer.
DM> * The 'gnus-fetch-group' seems to be the long-winded way around this,
DM> but I'd have to remember the list of groups I'm interested in.
DM> Is there a better way?
I'd install a local news server. Say, leafnode. (Some people also say,
nntpcache is a good alternative, but I haven't tried it; As for Windows,
I'm aware of similar program called Hamster.)
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With respect, Vasily Korytov
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next parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-21 17:05 UTC|newest]
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2002-08-21 17:05 ` Vasily Korytov [this message]
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[not found] ` <uy9azbyqb.fsf@synopsys.com>
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2002-08-23 18:05 ` David Carlton
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2002-08-26 20:29 ` David Masterson
[not found] ` <m365y3xw8k.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu>
2002-08-23 3:31 ` Mark Triggs
[not found] ` <vafy9aty49q.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
2002-08-26 20:31 ` David Masterson
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