Re: rss feed stuck - keeps downloading same articles

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:27:22 +0100 Paul Mead <paul.d.mead@gmail.com> wrote: 

PM> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> Look for the dump of the RSS entries, and specifically any fields that
>> mutate between two fetches.  In other words, you have:
>> 
>> fetch A:
>> entry E1:
>> field P: "hello"
>> fielq Q: "bye"
>> 
>> fetch B:
>> entry E2:
>> field P: "hello"
>> fielq Q: "bye again"
>> 
>> nnrss computes a hash based on P and Q and all the other fields in the
>> entry, so you have to find what Qs change between fetch A and fetch B
>> and ignore those Qs.
>> 
>> Ted
PM> Right, so if I've got this right, I can look for where the same message
PM> is downloaded with different hashes and then compare the message to see
PM> which field changed? 

Exactly.  Except Gnus doesn't show you the hash, just the original
message structure and you have to figure out what's different.

PM> I'm a bit overwhelmed with the sheer volume of text
PM> this has generated, so I'm trying to simplifiy things a little...

It shouldn't be that much if you're just refreshing one group (M-g).  If
you're refreshing everything, yes, you'll have a deluge :)

Ted