Re: [Pan-users] Anyone using a news server that speaks xzver?

[Duncan]

walt posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:31:14 -0800 as excerpted:


> Yes, I'm running the same version because at this early stage pan seems
> to ignore the "use header compression" checkbox in the preferences
> editor, which means pan still uses xzver even if I "turn it off".

I figured that was a per-server setting, so looked in server settings, 
where I (naturally, since it's not there) couldn't find any such 
setting.  It never occurred to me to look in prefs for that, since to me 
it's CLEARLY a per-server setting.  No more does this make sense to me as 
a global setting, than would a global SSL or port setting.

So I thought at this point there wasn't a setting for it at all, tho I 
expected it would have one, eventually.  But if it's there and doesn't 
work, as you suggest, I guess that's about the same effect.  

(I found the download meter config without trouble, while others had 
problems finding it.  I guess it's my turn to have problems finding the 
config for something.  Just went looking for it in prefs, tho, now that I 
know that's where it is, forgetting that I had reverted and it wouldn't 
be there.  No /wonder/ I couldn't find it now! =:^)

Heinrich?  Per-server header compression setting?  Please?

> gmane responds 'xover' when given the 'help' command, but not 'xzver'.
> My one for-pay server lists both xover and xzver as acceptable commands,
> so I assume than gmane does not speak xzver.

That would be it.  That reference I linked for xfeature, earlier, 
indicated that the client could tell whether a server claimed to support 
the feature or not.  I didn't know how, but figured maybe it's supposed 
to be in the welcome banner if supported, or something.

Looking for it in help seems much more logical.  Maybe pan can be made to 
check help and auto-enable whichever of these features based on that, 
maybe with a "check what the server supports" button, in addition to 
individual radiobuttons (I'd guess only one can be enabled at once?) for 
each and for plain xover, thus enabling the user to either set it 
manually, or press the "check and set automatically" button.

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