Re: News server access from Gnus

[Sean Sieger]

prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> writes:

    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?

In the *Group* buffer, do `A A'.  It sounds like you need to read a Gnus
tutorial.

    > 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.

Poster's names and subject lines, right?  Often I do that just to find
answers to questions I have asked and forgotten the answers to.
Sometimes I use the two to find the name of a poster that I remember
saying a certain something.  And it's just a great way to browse
archives from the application that I live in---everything else bugs me,
including browsers, but when in Rome ...

    thank you sean and michael for explaining the benefits. i'll keep at it.

You're welcome.  Sorry I cannot be of more help; Gnus is pretty big and
I use it for such a comparatively small purpose.  It does so much and
what I have it do for me is so narrow but so perfect.