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NOFFLE FAQ
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Q: What is the difference between NOFFLE and leafnode?
A: NOFFLE uses less resources (disk space and bandwidth). Downloading groups
in overview mode is several times faster, because it uses the XOVER command
instead of HEAD. In addition, there is the quasi-transparent mode, when
online, which allows to browse through groups and cache everything without
subscribing. NOFFLE is GPLed, leafnode isn't.
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Q: I subscribe to groups, but get a "Retreiving failed" message for every
requested article.
A: Some news server do not allow retrieving articles by message-ID. You cannot
use NOFFLE together with these servers presently.
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Q: I changed the server in the config files, but the new groups do not appear.
A: You should run 'noffle --query groups' again. If you want all old group
information deleted, you should remove the file data/groupinfo.gdbm in the
spool directory before.
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Q: The Emacs news reader GNUS hangs while getting active list from server.
A: This is a known phenomena and I believe that it is a bug with GNUS, because
the log files show correct handling of client commands by noffle.
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Q: What is the NOFFLE 'online' mode?
A: NOFFLE can be optionally switched into 'online' mode. When in
online mode any newsgroup can be read and the selected articles are
fetched immediately from the remote server if not present
locally. Regardless of the settings in noffle.conf, NOFFLE will not
automatically subscribe to any newsgroup when in online mode. Online
mode is therefore useful for quickly sampling the content of
potentially interesting newsgroups.
To enter online mode, run 'noffle --online'. To return the regular
offline mode, run 'noffle --offline'. If you net connection is via
dial-up, you may find it convenient to do this in your ip-up and
ip-down scripts, though if you do you'll have to remember that NOFFLE's
behaviour will be subtly different when you are dialled out.
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Q: Can I read any article in 'online' mode?
A: No. You cannot read groups that are not known to NOFFLE, or articles
that NOFFLE has already expired. NOFFLE will not refetch expired articles.
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