Problems with Gnus setup

2006-03-10 Thread Tim X
I've been using Gnus for a few years. Recently, my ISP changed their news server - I think its changed from running DNES to PNEWS - thought thats only a guess bassed on the name of the server. Since the change, I've been having lots of issues with gnus getting articles from the server. I've also

Re: Problems with `nnweb' mode

2006-04-05 Thread Tim X
Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi Rodolfo, > >> I installed emacs-w3m and also the `url' package, but the message gnus >> finds with the above procedure (`G w' etcetera) are all completely >> blank. > > Here, too. Google has changed its fo

Re: Slime and Emacs Lisp

2006-04-07 Thread Tim X
Sébastien Vauban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I've just installed Slime and CLisp. Very good choice, I think. > > But my ultimate goal would be to try enjoying all the features > of Slime for debugging Emacs Lisp code I want to maintain... > but, when compiling my Emacs Lisp code, it r

Re: Slime and Emacs Lisp

2006-04-07 Thread Tim X
Sébastien Vauban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > >>> But my ultimate goal would be to try enjoying all the features >>> of Slime for debugging Emacs Lisp code I want to maintain... >>> >>> And, *not* being an expert at all in both languages, I don't >>> know if their differences are so big

Re: Multiple e-mail, automatic EOL

2006-04-07 Thread Tim X
Julien Ghaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I'm a beginner using gnus (and Emacs too) and I got several > problems setting it up. > I use gnus as a news reader and as an e-mail client. My > problem is that i dont want to sent my real e-mail when > writing a new article for a newsgroup

Re: Slime and Emacs Lisp

2006-04-10 Thread Tim X
Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> 5. O'Reilly has a book called something like Extending Emacs or Emacs >>> Lisp Programming - I can't quite remember. It has some handy tips. > >> I have "Writing GNU Emacs Extensions" on my shelf which is quite nice. > >> But back to being off-topic:

Re: gnus got lazy all of a sudden.

2006-05-02 Thread Tim X
Fredrik Bulow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > I've been using GNUS for about two weeks to read my mail, new and > favourite RSS feeds. > > When I start GNUS, it used to check for new mail, news and RSS and > display the number of new messages next to the group. One day it > ceased to do this

Re: gnus got lazy all of a sudden.

2006-05-03 Thread Tim X
Fredrik Bulow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for your help! > glad it was useful. > M-g works for me. As a quick fix I might just make a macro or a lisp > function that checks all groups with this method and bind it to G. > Alternatively, setup your news server as a secondary method and gr

Possible Gnus/Emacs 22 Tramp bug?

2006-05-14 Thread Tim X
I'm running on Debian with emacs 22 snapshot and gnus-version says No Gnus v0.4 (Debian package 5.11+v0.4.dfsg). When I try to save an article with 'O b', I get the error "Not a valid tramp filename'. This is because the group I'm reading is a foreign group and tries to save it in the file ~/New

Re: Possible Gnus/Emacs 22 Tramp bug?

2006-05-15 Thread Tim X
Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tim X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi Tim, > >> I'm running on Debian with emacs 22 snapshot and gnus-version says No >> Gnus v0.4 (Debian package 5.11+v0.4.dfsg). >> >> When I try to save an arti

Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis?

2006-06-09 Thread Tim X
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hadron Quark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >>> I'm curious what you do with emacs >>> >>> and gNus >> >>I'd say everyone that posts in this ng > > Ok > > Dumb question on my part but here goes > > I sick of bloated and fat software fro

Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis?

2006-06-09 Thread Tim X
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark T.B. Carroll) writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Dumb question on my part but here goes >> >> I sick of bloated and fat software from MS >> >> If I learn emacs can it replace say 80 percent of the >> stiff I use now? > > I'm planning to try out emacs' planner and wiki

Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis?

2006-06-09 Thread Tim X
Joe Fineman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I'm curious what you do with emacs > > All personal & business writing & recordkeeping. > >> and gNus > > Email & newsgroups. > > Things I cannot yet do with Emacs: > > 1. Deal with the Web. I use w3m for one site that is a

Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis?

2006-06-10 Thread Tim X
Joe Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>I don't even run a window manager. I just start emacs from my .xsession >>file. I am not saying that this will work for everyone. If you are >>used to point-clicky interfaces you might not like emacs. Manipulating >>graphics files is, I believe, a no-go,

Re: Checking new news doesn't get new news

2006-08-14 Thread Tim X
Randy Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I have been using gnus for a number of years, and am seeing a problem >> lately. When checking news with 'g', gnus doesn't report new news. I >> can go and individually 'M-g' newsgroups and see news reported there. > > This i

Re: Group Summary Not Updated on "g"

2006-08-19 Thread Tim X
Randy Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey Folks, > > I'm still looking for the solution to this problem. I > noticed one or two others are also having the same > problem. Why is the group (no pun) silent silent on > this issue??? > > --Randy > > > Randy Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> H

Re: More mail questions

2006-10-26 Thread Tim X
Hadron Quark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using smtpmail package through a gmail smtp server to send email. > > But if I use gnus to send a mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" why isnt procmail > picking it up and diverting it to my local root mmaildir? Procmail does > its job just fine when I use t

Re: More mail questions

2006-10-28 Thread Tim X
Hadron Quark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But this still begs the question : how to configure gnus to > (preferably using procmail rules) palm off emails destined to local users > and NOT to send them off to the smtp server I am using from smtpmail. > I don't use gnus for mail, but rather VM. W

apple mail 9 MIME

2006-12-26 Thread Tim X
A quick question to save me having to try things out. I've been using VM for years for my e-mail. However, VM is no longer as actively maintained as it was and I'm now finding I'm having problems accessing attachments posted with apple mail. It seems these attachments are embedded inside some

Re: apple mail 9 MIME

2006-12-28 Thread Tim X
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Dec 26 2006, Tim X wrote: > >> The example above has an earlier "text" part, which VM displays fine, >> but it provides no button to extract the attachment. I don't seem to >> have any other problems

Re: Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

2007-01-27 Thread Tim X
CHENG Gao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not clear in Gnus manual how to use multiple accounts in same IMAP > server. My company emails are hosted by virtual hosting server, and I > have my personal account while at the same time I need read some common > email accounts. I think it's common fo

Re: emacs, Gnus, sendmail ?

2007-06-08 Thread Tim X
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> Also emacs apparently uses sendmail to send mail. >> >> It only uses sendmail if you've set up sendmail (the Unix program). >> Otherwise it uses sendmail.el (`slocate sendmail.el`) > > >>> But the 'return-path/from' fields are not configured. >>> And sendmail.cf is

Re: can gnus do this ?

2007-06-08 Thread Tim X
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joel J. Adamson) writes: > Another difference in my situation is that I'm relaying mail to a pop > server on our main network, rather than using my own mail system to > send mail out to the internet. > Due to issues of spam and misconfigured MTAs, many ISPs are now blocking acc

Re: can gnus do this ?

2007-06-08 Thread Tim X
Frank Slootweg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ['Invalid' group alt.comp.software.newsreaders deleted] > > Joel J. Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> > OP wrote: >> >> > Apparently emacs doesn't have a mail-transport-agent: >> >> Yes, it does: sendmail.el; corre

Re: emacs, Gnus, sendmail ?

2007-06-08 Thread Tim X
Dick Hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tim X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> However, few people run sendmail anymore and unless you need to, >> don't! There are many other MTAs out there. > > I think your story in general is a very good one. I sa

Re: emacs, Gnus, sendmail ?

2007-06-08 Thread Tim X
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 08 2007, Tim X wrote: > >> - If all you need is to be able to send mail from within emacs, I would >> recommend looking at something like smtp.el (or one of the other similar >> elisp packages). Using this