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Re: gnus download newsrc?
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Ted Zlatanov |
Subject: |
Re: gnus download newsrc? |
Date: |
Tue, 04 May 2010 15:43:36 -0000 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:40:43 +0200 Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de> wrote:
AP> "E. Hoffmann" <erichhoffmann@gmx.de> writes:
>> I tried using emacs gnus newsreader. Contact with my newsserver including
>> authinfo works fine, but I just get 4 newsgroups. Gnus creates .newsrc-
>> dribble. I must have a blind spot, I don't find how to download a full list
>> of available newsgroup from my server. gnus-activate-new-groups won't show
>> up anything, neiter does A z nor A k.
>>
>> Excuse me if this is a too trivial question. How do I download a full list
>> of newsgroups?
AP> In the *Groups* buffer press '^'. This brings up the server buffer. Now
AP> locate your news-server and press 'RET'.
AP> Subscribe to groups you want to read with 'u'.
AP> 2 times 'q' and they should pop up in your *Groups* buffer.
AP> Why does this have to be so painful, you ask ? I don't know.
Should the manual in (gnus) Finding the News mention this perhaps?
Right now it only talks about foreign groups but doesn't mention `^'
which turns out to be essential.
Ted