Re: Can I run Gnus with secondary select methods only?

[Glyn Millington]

nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) writes:

> At 15:56 -0400 on Tuesday 2015-12-01, David Hume wrote:
>
>> If you don't find any other solution you could just install Inn and have
>> a local server on your computer which does nothing other than keep gnus
>> happy.
>
> Thanks for the reply David.
>
> Hmm... I've never considered running a Usenet server. I doubt I could do
> that on my laptop though? Surely it would require very much more in the
> way of storage than a laptop could provide? And I don't have servers at
> home these days.


Can I put in a word for Leafnode ? http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/

It's a nntp server designed for home/small office use, and essentially
downloads messages only from newsgroups you wish to read. It is easy to
set up and well documented. I've used it for at least ten years with no
problems.

Once you have set up leafnode, the incantation you need in .gnus is 

(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "localhost"))

atb



Glyn