[leafnode-list] Re: How to make leafnode refresh all groups without having to visit them?

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Sat Oct 17 16:37:36 CEST 2009


Am 17.10.2009, 15:39 Uhr, schrieb Chris G <cl at isbd.net>:

> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:42:30AM +0200, Robert Grimm wrote:
>> Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>> > I use tin as my newsreader.  When it starts up it presents me with a
>> > list of my currently subscribed newsgroups and a count of new messages
>> > in each group.
>>
>> > I then visit only the groups which have new messages (Shift/C sets all
>> > messages in current group read and moves to the next with unread
>> > messages).  Thus I will never visit a group with no new messages and
>> > leafnode doesn't fetch anyhthing for that group and (circularly) there
>> > are no new messages.
>>
>> > Is there any way around this?  I want leafnode to always refresh all
>> > the groups in my .newsrc file regardless of whether I have visited
>> > them or not.
>>
>> I'm not very familiar with tin, but this shouldn't be a problem if you
>> are reading with NNTP (e.g. tin -r) and you have entered the groups in
>> question at least once after subscribing.
>>
> Yes, I'm using "tin -r".
>
> I still don't follow how it's going to work though.  Some groups can
> be very quiet for several days.
>
> So, for example, say there are no messages in uk.comp.vendors for some
> days so I don't actually enter that group with tin for that many days.
> How does leafnode know to read a message that appears there after
> several days of inactivity?

tin will send a "GROUP" command (at least mine does) under the hood to  
check if there are new articles, and that's how leafnode knows. That tin  
doesn't present these groups without news to you, is a configurable  
convenience option but doesn't impair refreshing the group interest.

>> You may take a look at timeout_short and timeout_long in
>> /etc/news/leafnode/config.
>>
> Yes, I suppose if I set timeout_long to a large number (like a couple
> of months) then leafnode will probably do what I want.  A very quiet
> newsgroup might still get missed though, there are some that stay
> quiet for months and then burst into life.

Providing that tin sends "GROUP" commands,

>


-- 
Matthias Andree



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