Michael Albinus <michael.albi...@gmx.de> writes: > Hi, > > maybe it is a known technique, but even after RTFM I couldn't find it ... > > I have configured an imap server which is reachable only sometimes (when > I have entered the company's lan). Connecting it via gnus takes always > ~2 min, until there is a timeout, and the server is ignored ("denied" in > the *Server* buffer). > > How could I change my configuration, that this timeout is reduced? Or > that prior to connecting the server via imap there is a check, whether > the server is reachable? > > Extra bonus if I could configure it such a way that I don't need to > confirm that the server isn't reachable. > > Thanks, and best regards, Michael.
I think what people do is to make sure all the groups belonging to that server are set at a fairly high level, and then, when starting Gnus and checking for news, only check at a lower level. I have wrapper functions that call (gnus 4) and (gnus-group-get-new-news 4), and set less interesting servers at level 5. What I think would be preferable would be if a server status of "closed" persisted between Gnus restarts. Then you could just leave it closed, and open it manually when you decide you want to check news. Eric _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english