From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/5838 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "DavidEng" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Configuration Trouble Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:06:06 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "DavidEng" NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138671487 29048 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:38:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:35:54 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed.gazeta.pl!newsfeed.pionier.net.pl!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny01.POSTED!7be28d10!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 138.89.71.11 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: trndny01 1128697566 138.89.71.11 (Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:06:06 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:06:06 EDT Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:5980 Original-Lines: 71 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 5980 Tue Jan 17 17:35:54 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:5838 Archived-At: test "baxter tron" wrote in message news:pan.2005.10.01.08.03.29.452138@blax.blajkx... > Hello, > > I use to read news and mail with Gnus about a year ago, and I would like > to start using it again. However, I am having problems. This is quite > odd since I am using the same exact configuration files that I used > previously. > > My first problem is that when I hit 'L' in the group buffer all I get is > the following: > > 74: news.announce.newusers (m) > 358: news.groups.questions > 1641: gnu.emacs.gnus > 10: nndoc+gnus-help:gnus-help > *: nndraft:queue > *: nndraft:drafts > When I believe I should get a list of all available groups on my server. > BTW, when I start Gnus for the very first time Gnus reads a list of ~6MB > of groups. > > This in itself wouldn't be a horrible thing, since I can still subscribe > to groups by using 'U' in the group summary, except I come up with another > problem. At first everything seems to be working fine. I can download > all headers for a particular group, and view the bodies. But when I mark > all the articles read (using 'c' from the group buffer) Gnus will never > find any new articles in when updating with 'g' or restarting Gnus. > > Here is my .gnus file: > ;; -*- emacs-lisp -*- > > (setq user-mail-address "wbennett@kyonline.net") > (setq user-full-name "Will Bennett") > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "newshost.allthenewsgroups.com")) > > ;; incoming mail > (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods > '(nnml "" > (nnml-directory "~/gnus-mail/") > (nnml-active-file "~/gnus-mail/active"))) > > > (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "mail.kyonline.net > :user "wbennett" > :password "Left Blank"))) > ;; outgoing mail > (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) > (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) > (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "mail.kyonline.net") > > > ;; auto-wrap messages > (add-hook 'message-mode-hook > '(lambda () > (turn-on-auto-fill) > (setq fill-column 70))) > > > Is there something wrong with my configuration file or do I just have > little or no idea how to use Gnus? Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Will Bennett > wbennettNO@SPAMkyonline.net > >