* Re: more graceul failure mode for Gnus when no connected to network? [not found] <uadly9kqs.fsf@telestoconsulting.com> @ 2002-10-01 17:30 ` Francis Litterio [not found] ` <un0pyau40.fsf@telestoconsulting.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Francis Litterio @ 2002-10-01 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: Ed Ed <ed@telestoconsulting.com> writes: > I have Gnus on my laptop. Sometimes I want to get at my old mail > messages without being connected to the internet. When I start up Gnus > I get an error message for every NNTP and POP3 server, and I have to > answer y I want to continue, for each one. > > Is there some way to start up Gnus in an unconnected state, so that it > doesn't try to connect and give me these error messages? Use function gnus-no-server instead of gnus. I don't think it's bound to any key by default. -- Francis Litterio franl-remove@world.omit-this.std.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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* Re: more graceul failure mode for Gnus when no connected to network? [not found] ` <un0pyau40.fsf@telestoconsulting.com> @ 2002-10-01 19:42 ` Reiner Steib 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Reiner Steib @ 2002-10-01 19:42 UTC (permalink / raw) On Tue, Oct 01 2002, Ed wrote: > When I try gnus-no-server, I don't see any of my private mail groups, > which is what I need to see. Does this help? ,----[ news:<v94re4rrsm.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> ] | (1) <info://gnus/Group+Levels> | | Set your Mail (nnmh) groups to level `gnus-activate-level' (or below) | and your nntp groups above. When you want to read news, you can use `N | g' in the *Group* buffer, where N is the level of your nntp | groups. Maybe you want to change `gnus-.*-level' variables for your | convenience. | | If you want the not-connecting (to nntp server) rarely, you may start | Gnus with a prefix argument in this case, e.g. `M-x 1 gnus RET': | | ,----[ C-h f gnus RET ] | | gnus is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `gnus'. | | It is bound to <menu-bar> <tools> <gnus>. | | (gnus &optional ARG DONT-CONNECT SLAVE) | | | | Read network news. | | If ARG is non-nil and a positive number, Gnus will use that as the | | startup level. If ARG is non-nil and not a positive number, Gnus | | will prompt the user for the name of an NNTP server to use. | `---- `---- Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- PGP key available via WWW http://rsteib.home.pages.de/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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