From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/5530 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frossie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Posting to foreign group with expired articles Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:58:38 -1000 Organization: University of Hawaii Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138671228 27766 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:33:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:33:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:35:26 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!uio.no!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.hawaii.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: eluahaneli.jach.hawaii.edu Original-X-Trace: news.hawaii.edu 1123811918 6244 128.171.90.200 (12 Aug 2005 01:58:38 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@hawaii.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Aug 2005 01:58:38 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZaFNer+z4AH9Y5qnBjz66mDJoRQ= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:5672 Original-Lines: 19 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 5672 Tue Jan 17 17:35:26 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:5530 Archived-At: "p" == pkd writes: p> Frossie wrote: >> How does one post to a group on a *foreign* server that has no >> unexpired articles? Gnus won't let me enter the summary buffer so that >> I can just use 'a' and if I am not into the foreign group, typing >> nntp+foo.com:some.group on the newsgroup line that I get by using 'a' >> in the group summary buffer doesn't seem to do the right thing. p> try `C-u a' on the newsgroup line. That works - even though the newgroup designation still does not indicate the name of the foreign server, it does actually post to it! Many thanks. -- Frossie