Re: Oort: Is "plugged" good?

Re: Oort: Is "plugged" good?

[Peter J. Acklam]

Michael Piotrowski <mxp@dynalabs.de> wrote:

> Clay Haapala <chaapala@cisco.com> writes:
> 
> > The server line says "Plugged", and I know how to toggle it,
> > but is "plugged" good or bad, or in what circumstances?
> 
> The plugged status is (mostly) relevant when you're using the
> Gnus agent for offline reading; "plugged" basically means
> online, "unplugged" means offline.  When you're unplugged, Gnus
> won't try to connect to servers.

Heh...perhaps this ought to be customizable, so people can replace
"Plugged" and "Unplugged" with "Online" and "Offline" of whatever
they prefer...  :-)

Peter

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Re: Oort: Is "plugged" good?

[Erwan David]

Michael Piotrowski <mxp@dynalabs.de> writes:

> The plugged status is (mostly) relevant when you're using the Gnus
> agent for offline reading; "plugged" basically means online,
> "unplugged" means offline.  When you're unplugged, Gnus won't try to
> connect to servers.

But it seems latest Oort writes Plugged when you do not use the agent...

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