From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7212 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gnus got lazy all of a sudden. Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 17:00:31 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87hd48ykq8.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <87u089nlnu.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146555644 3002 80.91.229.2 (2 May 2006 07:40:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 02 09:40:43 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FapUs-0000s9-EK for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 09:40:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FapUs-0004ze-0b for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 03:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!news2.euro.net!sn-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-03!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-03!sn-post-ams-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z9uymDsrbKfuWuGy1ROuF3EDWZc= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 56 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77394 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org 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:7212 Archived-At: Fredrik Bulow writes: > Hi! > > I've been using GNUS for about two weeks to read my mail, new and > favourite RSS feeds. > > When I start GNUS, it used to check for new mail, news and RSS and > display the number of new messages next to the group. One day it > ceased to do this for news, it still fetches mail and rss like it > should, but if I want to check for new news I must go to the > group. Instead of seeing the number of new messages next to news > groups, I see an '*'. After visiting and exiting the group this as > been replaced by the number for new messages. > > The 'g' key in the *Groups* buffer also ignores news but gets rss and > mail. > > Here is my current .gnus file. > I've noticed the same behavior after my ISP changed their news server. I've found only two solutions to date - I also posted to this group, but didn't get any response. solution 1. If I subscribe to my ISP news servers groups as if they were foreign groups, everything works fine. When I start gnus or hit g, gnus checks for new articles and displays the number in the groups listing buffer. Likewise, if I define a secondary select method, I can subscribe to the groups and they show up as foreign groups and all works fine. solution 2. If I use l to list all groups and then use M-g when on a native group, it will tell me how many available messages are there. I have varified my group levels are all OK (everything is pretty much at defaults). This problem didn't occur until after my ISP switched to a new news server and now takes a full feed from somewhere like supernova or supergroups or something similar in the states. After they changed news servers, I totally reconfigured things and made sure I had removed old article number caches etc, just in case new article numbers caused problems etc. I also found that when setting up the system again, the new group listings and subscription methods outlined in the manual didn't work as advertised. I wonder if TPG has changed their news server or done something similar? Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au