Re: synchronizing gnus sessions on multiple computers

[Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net>]

I have rsync'd gnus for years with success. In addition to the files
already listed I sync .newsrc.eld, but that is updated infrequently.
Not strictly gnus entries, but related closely enough, I also sync
.authinfo and .msmtprc (as I use msmtp) and also .bbdb.

I also have a humongously long startup-gnus.el which is called from
.emacs and with which I tinker more often than I should.

Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 1:12 AM Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
>
> Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org> writes:
>
> > "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org> writes:
> >
> >> - How can I tell gnus (in a running emacs session) that I've rsync'ed
> >>   all local user directories and gnus should update itself accordingly
> >>   when, for example, articles are marked as read or expired.
> >>
> >> - Where does gnus store the information that I have read or marked for
> >>   expiration some news or mail articles in a group?
> >
> > When you are rsync’ing between two machines, you need to do it for the
> > following files/directories:
> >
> > ~/News/
> > ~/Mail/
> > ~/.gnus.el
> > ~/emacs.d/ ; (this is required for syncing other Emacs settings)
> > ~/.newsrc  ; (there are multiple formats newsrc.eld, newsrc.el
> >            ; or just .newsrc, This is what you are looking for.)
> > ~/.authinfo.gpg ; (.newsrc, .authinfo etc.)
> >
> > Others, please add if I am missing some files/dirs.
>
>
> I think one needs to save the dribble file, and copy it, too:
>
> ~/.newsrc-dribble
>
> Leo
>


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Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i

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