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[svn] * INSTALL,README,docs/FAQ: Remove online mode from introductory documentation. It causes confusion. Add it to FAQ list.
author bears
date Mon, 05 Aug 2002 23:05:53 +0100
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31 Q: The Emacs news reader GNUS hangs while getting active list from server. 31 Q: The Emacs news reader GNUS hangs while getting active list from server.
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33 A: This is a known phenomena and I believe that it is a bug with GNUS, because 33 A: This is a known phenomena and I believe that it is a bug with GNUS, because
34 the log files show correct handling of client commands by noffle. 34 the log files show correct handling of client commands by noffle.
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38 Q: What is the NOFFLE 'online' mode?
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40 A: NOFFLE can be optionally switched into 'online' mode. When in
41 online mode any newsgroup can be read and the selected articles are
42 fetched immediately from the remote server if not present
43 locally. Regardless of the settings in noffle.conf, NOFFLE will not
44 automatically subscribe to any newsgroup when in online mode. Online
45 mode is therefore useful for quickly sampling the content of
46 potentially interesting newsgroups.
47
48 To enter online mode, run 'noffle --online'. To return the regular
49 offline mode, run 'noffle --offline'. If you net connection is via
50 dial-up, you may find it convenient to do this in your ip-up and
51 ip-down scripts, though if you do you'll have to remember that NOFFLE's
52 behaviour will be subtly different when you are dialled out.
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56 Q: Can I read any article in 'online' mode?
57
58 A: No. You cannot read groups that are not known to NOFFLE, or articles
59 that NOFFLE has already expired. NOFFLE will not refetch expired articles.