From Newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help

Hi,

I use two laptops. When reading usenet and other news
on the one, I see messages I have already seen on the
other.

What would be a good way to share or synchronise the
list of subcribed groups, and the seen-status of their
messages between these two?

Would putting .newsrc and .newsrc.eld on a NFS-share
be a good idea? (I don't run Gnus on both machines
at the same time)

Will it be enough to sync these files, or should I
also look at other files?

Thanks,

Matto
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help

Hi Matto,

Matto Fransen <mattof@sdf.org> writes:

Hi,

I use two laptops. When reading usenet and other news
on the one, I see messages I have already seen on the
other.

What would be a good way to share or synchronise the
list of subcribed groups, and the seen-status of their
messages between these two?

Would putting .newsrc and .newsrc.eld on a NFS-share
be a good idea? (I don't run Gnus on both machines
at the same time)

Will it be enough to sync these files, or should I
also look at other files?

I have .newsrc and .newsrc.eld in a directory which is synchronised
between two laptops via Nextcloud.

This works, although it seems a little brittle. You probably need to
ensure that your Gnus configurations are identical (I use Git for that), otherwise the files could become corrupted. When I initially set this
up, this happened to me a couple of times and I had throw the files
away. I only subscribe to a couple of groups, so the main work was
recreating the topics I use to sort my mail.

HTH

Loris
--
This signature is currently under constuction.
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help

Hi Loris,

"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:

Would putting .newsrc and .newsrc.eld on a NFS-share
be a good idea? (I don't run Gnus on both machines
at the same time)

Will it be enough to sync these files, or should I
also look at other files?

I have .newsrc and .newsrc.eld in a directory which is synchronised
between two laptops via Nextcloud.

Ah, great.

This works, although it seems a little brittle. You probably need to
ensure that your Gnus configurations are identical (I use Git for
that),

Maybe I should synchronise these too.

otherwise the files could become corrupted. When I initially set this
up, this happened to me a couple of times and I had throw the files
away.

Yes, it stays a bit scary :)

I only subscribe to a couple of groups, so the main work was
recreating the topics I use to sort my mail.

Good to know the concept works. Thanks!

Best regards,

Matto
--- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2