From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/12270 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: More gnewb questions Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:59:36 GMT Organization: ....little, if any Message-ID: References: <87my8skqme.fsf@bb.nothome.com> <87my8s836x.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <87iqjf7tmk.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1243918755 7778 80.91.229.12 (2 Jun 2009 04:59:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 04:59:15 +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 Jun 02 06:59:13 2009 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 4.50) id 1MBM5f-0006Sq-Qf for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:59:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35606 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MBM5f-0002Gy-7g for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:59:11 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!multikabel.net!newsfeed20.multikabel.net!news2.euro.net!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe29.ams2.POSTED!800a5453!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Original-Lines: 42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@WWWSpace.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:59:36 UTC Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:82553 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:58:50 -0400 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:12270 Archived-At: On 2009-06-01, Adam Sjøgren wrote: > On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:11:39 GMT, notbob wrote: > >> I tried it and gnus doesn't work at all, now. > > Could you be a little more specific? What did you do, what did you > expect to happen and what happened? Hmmm.... after trying it half a dozen times and getting everything from freezups to stall out dead, it worked perfectly. Go figure. (I'm not above operator error ;) > I'm sure suggestions for improvements/patches will be welcomed :-) If I learn how to fly this thing before I die of old age, I'll definitely contribute. ;) > It is something a news-server keeps, and maintains. "When Gnus starts, or indeed whenever it tries to determine whether new articles have arrived, it reads the active file. This is a very large file that lists all the active groups and articles on the server." See what I mean about vague? Didn't say active file was ON the server. "The active file can be rather Huge, so if you have a slow network, you can set gnus-read-active-file to nil to prevent Gnus from reading the active file." Talk about between the lines. >> Also, a ~/.gnus.el file has yet to be created. I gotta do it manually? > > Yes. OK. I did. Now what? > P.S. Please trim the quoted text, thanks :-) I usually do unless I think it's needed for context. nb