From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: News server access from Gnus Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:53:00 -0700 Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source Message-ID: <20090322005300.62c43a63@gom> References: <877i2qg5tj.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87bps28xd5.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87y6v6o4ng.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> <20090317204759.6dcb6f2c@gom> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237711868 16671 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2009 08:51:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:51:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 22 09:52:25 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LlJPs-00045I-SV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:52:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47927 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LlJOW-0007wZ-5s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:51:00 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.ision.net!newsfeed2.easynews.net!ision!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!195.208.113.1.MISMATCH!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.net.uni-c.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 67 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.67.160.177 Original-X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=bUS^a; Y63:I1F[; SJ[; K0EYSB=nbEKnkK5l7JOAVQ`jB@gPc:2G?J; E`joo<3HG\:BOnS>gm06K4GTj:^V2mF`VAKeP3>gT:_UC:LWkXI>D>VK Original-X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:167901 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:50:36 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63193 Archived-At: On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:10:12 -0400 Sean Sieger wrote: > Prad, I have (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.gmane.org")) in my > .emacs (I don't use a .gnus.el anymore, just one more file to back > up). And the combination of Gnus and Gmane ... I don't know, is a > powerful one to my way of thinking. > ok i'm trying this. > At any point, I can subscribe to most any list that I have ever wanted > to and had at my fingertips, > however, i'm only seeing these groups: *: alt.test *: alt.config *: news.announce.newusers *: news.groups.questions *: gnu.emacs.gnus 6: nndoc+gnus-help:gnus-help in the last item there is a thread: Where are all the groups, then? following the instructions there i tried to revive the zombie groups but only got: Z 1: gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.region.de.dortmund (m) Z 1: gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.region.de.duesseldorf (m) Z 11: gmane.comp.video.tuxbox.scm (m) Z 6: gmane.linux.drivers.otus.devel (m) Z 4: gmane.org.user-groups.breds.talks (m) now i'm looking through the gnus info to figure out what's going on. > the contents of the archive to do C-s and > C-r on to my hearts content. > this will search the article contents while you are in the headers buffer? i could only search the titles. > And really learn something let alone > find answers to questions that have been asked a lot of times. > this sounds great from what you and michael have written - once i can get some newsgroups that is :D > It's not necessary to do things like this. There are many more > reasons to hook up Gnus to a newsserver. > i'm using claws-mail as a newsreader right now and it's pretty good. i have a feeling gnus is going to be much better once i learn to use it. i found the search on claws-mail rather slow in comparison to going to the mail list archives with a browser and searching there. thank you sean and michael for explaining the benefits. i'll keep at it. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's