Philipp Haselwarter <[email protected]> writes: > I'm having some trouble with gnus blocking when some servers aren't > avalable. I just tried to start gnus ("Gnus v5.13") at my uni's library > where port 119 (nntp) is blocked. gnus just sat there for ages and > blocked, as it obviously couldn't connect to news.gmane.org. > I tried `gnus-unplugged' but that wasn't any different. > > Eventually I had to C-g out, resulting in gnus not connecting at all > (imaps connection would have been possible but gnus just aborted all > together). > > So I was wondering, how do I disable servers/groups that I'm subscribed > to but that I have not configured in my .gnus.el but through the group > buffer (`gnus-group-browse-foreign-server')? > > This kind of group has been buggering me for a while now: Their whole > configuration and existence seems to come from the (for me) mysterious > .newsrc.eld. > When I add a new subscription on one gnus instance I have to manually > add it on every other instance. > > Isn't there a more sane way to manage those groups? > I somewhat see the interest of keeping lusers from editing the > .newsrc.eld by hand, but why isn't it possible to separate the whole > subscription aspect from the groups' state properties (marks, ticks > etc)? > The whole handling of those groups is too obscure to me, I don't even > know what variable I'd have to reset to take them out (when a > secondary-select-method is making me trouble I can simple get it out of > the way by removing it from the list). > > Suggestions on how to deal with those groups highly appreciated, > cheers,
I handle such issues with group levels; the newsgroups are lesser priority than my mail groups, so I can tell Gnus to check the latter without the former. This only works if a strict hierarchy of importance exists for the groups, but in my case (and, I suspect, I'm a common case in this), it's just fine. - Lowell _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
