Re: Expiration

[rodolfo . medina]

Rodolfo wrote:

> I want to be sure that both auto and total expiration are not active,
> or, in other words, that a message is subject to expiration
> *if-and-only-if* I've marked it with `E'.


David wrote:

> try evaluating
>
> (or (gnus-group-auto-expirable-p gnus-newsgroup-name)
>      (gnus-group-total-expirable-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
>


I create a new group and activate both total and auto expiration in its
parameters;
but when I evaluate the above expression it turns out to be 'nil'.
How come?



David:

> You may be getting into trouble if gnus-newsgroup-name
> isn't set properly


If I do 'C-h v' for it, it says:

gnus-newsgroup-name is a variable defined in `gnus.el'.
Its value is ""
Local in buffer *mail*; global value is nil
Documentation:
Not documented as a variable.



David:

> You could also just type C-x C-e in the article
> buffer, actually, if you wanted to check
> nntp+news.example.com:gnu.emacs.gnus.


I put in my .gnus.el the following:

(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.example.com"))

, but when I start gnus I get the error message:

Unable to open nntp:news.example.com, go offlline? (y or n)

. Could you please be more clear?

Thanks,
Rodolfo