Re: [Pan-users] Proper behavior of "backup" servers?

[walt]

On 11/20/2011 01:12 PM, Duncan wrote:
> walt posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:29:41 +0000 as excerpted:
>
> > While testing pan's new ssl function I discovered that setting gmane.org
> > to "backup server" prevents pan from ever asking gmane for articles that
> > I click on in the header pane.
> >
> > Using a packet sniffer I can see pan requesting the articles from my
> > primary server, which then takes about twenty seconds to return "article
> > not found".
> >
> > At that point shouldn't pan then request the article from gmane as a
> > backup server?  Do I misunderstand pan's definition of "backup"?
>
> Hmm.  I don't think you misunderstand...

Silly me, I posted my question before trying pan with a clean ~/.pan2
directory :(

With a fresh ~/.pan2 I added just two servers this time instead of the
half-dozen motley assorted ones in my old ~/.pan2 -- and now gmane works
perfectly as a backup server.

I don't have the energy to track this down today, but it shouldn't be too
hard when I'm more awake.  I doubt many people will run into this problem
anyway, so it's not urgent.

Sorry once again for the noise.