From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/13991 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: mass agent download from specific start point Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 06:15:32 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87sk5yvgdn.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273576615 26372 80.91.229.12 (11 May 2010 11:16:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 11:16:55 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 11 13:16:54 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBnSE-0004TL-6g for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 13:16:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55069 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBnSD-0007p1-7n for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 07:16:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56618 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBnRM-0007Dt-6h for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 07:15:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBnRG-0008MZ-9i for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 07:15:56 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:47504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBnRG-0008MJ-4O for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 07:15:50 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBnRA-0003ut-4O for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 13:15:44 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 13:15:44 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 13:15:44 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FLvySH8v5EH76KEb7skA//fEhUg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:13991 Archived-At: Can anyone explain how to do this: Mark some 30 or so groups read, up to the current posts showing by pressing `c' A mnth or two later, have the agent download everything that has come in since that time, but not before. I have all the groups under the agent but when I press `J s' in group buffer to start downloading... it appears the agent is trying to retrieve every thing on the spool rather that just whats come in since the marking read took place. I don't really know what is happening but I see massive resource drain. I don't want to have fuss around group by group, marking for download or the like. I don't really understand how the agent keeps track of what to download. I guess .agentview contains that info? I'd like to see a brief outline of how the agent carries out that task and what marker it goes by to decide where to start downloading a group. I've downloaded thousands of messages over many yrs with gnus agent, but not sure of the mechanics.