Re: how to force gnus to re-read all

Re: how to force gnus to re-read all

[Kai Großjohann]

Claude Bouillin <NOSPAMclaude.bouillin@nokia.com> writes:

> Our local News server rebooted and it seems we lost postings. I am not
> totally sure since I am not the administrator. I tried to re-read all
> server postings ignoring my cache with:
>
> (setq gnus-use-cache nil)
>
> That made no difference. Is there another command to run?

Maybe the server renumbered the articles.  Then Gnus thinks that
articles 1 through 40,000, say, are read, but according to the new
numbering there are just articles 1 through 500 on the server.

Please check with telnetting to the server and issuing GROUP
commands -- the server will respond with lowest and highest article
number.  You could also try to fetch some articles to see how old are
they.

If this is indeed the problem, try M-x gnus-group-clear-data RET (for
one group) or M-x gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups RET.  (For
all groups!  Be careful!)
-- 
A turnip curses Elvis

Re: how to force gnus to re-read all

[David Z Maze]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> It's an anagram of Universal Pictures.  You can see it near the
> beginning of the movie Sneakers.  (It's a movie of some folk breaking
> into a bank electronically.  I forget the exact details.  But I
> remember it was fun to watch.)
>
> Is the movie called Sneakers in English?  I'm not sure.

The movie really is called Sneakers.  Great film.

Whistler: "I want peace on earth on goodwill for mankind."
NSA Agent: "We're the United States government.  We don't *do* that
           sort of thing."
Whistler: "Peace on earth, and goodwill for mankind."
NSA Agent: "I'll see what I can do."

(And remember, that NSA agent is played by James Earl Jones...  :-)

-- 
David Maze             dmaze@mit.edu          http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/
"Theoretical politics is interesting.  Politicking should be illegal."
	-- Abra Mitchell