;;; nntp.el --- nntp access for Gnus
-;; Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-;; 1997, 1998, 2000
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993,
+;; 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002,
+;; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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;;; Commentary:
(require 'nnheader)
(require 'nnoo)
(require 'gnus-util)
+(require 'gnus)
(nnoo-declare nntp)
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+(defgroup nntp nil
+ "NNTP access for Gnus."
+ :group 'gnus)
+
(defvoo nntp-address nil
"Address of the physical nntp server.")
(defvoo nntp-open-connection-function 'nntp-open-network-stream
"*Function used for connecting to a remote system.
-It will be called with the buffer to output in.
+It will be called with the buffer to output in as argument.
-Two pre-made functions are `nntp-open-network-stream', which is the
-default, and simply connects to some port or other on the remote
-system (see nntp-port-number). The other are `nntp-open-rlogin',
-which does an rlogin on the remote system, and then does a telnet to
-the NNTP server available there (see nntp-rlogin-parameters) and
-`nntp-open-telnet' which telnets to a remote system, logs in and does
-the same.")
+Currently, five such functions are provided (please refer to their
+respective doc string for more information), three of them establishing
+direct connections to the nntp server, and two of them using an indirect
+host.
-(defvoo nntp-rlogin-program "rsh"
- "*Program used to log in on remote machines.
-The default is \"rsh\", but \"ssh\" is a popular alternative.")
+Direct connections:
+- `nntp-open-network-stream' (the default),
+- `nntp-open-ssl-stream',
+- `nntp-open-tls-stream',
+- `nntp-open-telnet-stream'.
-(defvoo nntp-rlogin-parameters '("telnet" "-8" "${NNTPSERVER:=news}" "nntp")
- "*Parameters to `nntp-open-rlogin'.
-That function may be used as `nntp-open-connection-function'. In that
-case, this list will be used as the parameter list given to rsh.")
+Indirect connections:
+- `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet',
+- `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat',
+- `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet'.")
-(defvoo nntp-rlogin-user-name nil
- "*User name on remote system when using the rlogin connect method.")
+(defvoo nntp-pre-command nil
+ "*Pre-command to use with the various nntp-open-via-* methods.
+This is where you would put \"runsocks\" or stuff like that.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-parameters
- '("exec" "telnet" "-8" "${NNTPSERVER:=news}" "nntp")
- "*Parameters to `nntp-open-telnet'.
-That function may be used as `nntp-open-connection-function'. In that
-case, this list will be executed as a command after logging in
-via telnet.")
+(defvoo nntp-telnet-command "telnet"
+ "*Telnet command used to connect to the nntp server.
+This command is used by the methods `nntp-open-telnet-stream',
+`nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet' and `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet'.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-user-name nil
- "User name to log in via telnet with.")
+(defvoo nntp-telnet-switches '("-8")
+ "*Switches given to the telnet command `nntp-telnet-command'.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-passwd nil
- "Password to use to log in via telnet with.")
+(defvoo nntp-end-of-line "\r\n"
+ "*String to use on the end of lines when talking to the NNTP server.
+This is \"\\r\\n\" by default, but should be \"\\n\" when using an indirect
+connection method (nntp-open-via-*).")
-(defvoo nntp-open-telnet-envuser nil
- "*If non-nil, telnet session (client and server both) will support the ENVIRON option and not prompt for login name.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-rlogin-command "rsh"
+ "*Rlogin command used to connect to an intermediate host.
+This command is used by the methods `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet'
+and `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat'. The default is \"rsh\", but \"ssh\"
+is a popular alternative.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-shell-prompt "bash\\|\$ *\r?$\\|> *\r?"
- "*Regular expression to match the shell prompt on the remote machine.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches nil
+ "*Switches given to the rlogin command `nntp-via-rlogin-command'.
+If you use \"ssh\" for `nntp-via-rlogin-command', you may set this to
+\(\"-C\") in order to compress all data connections, otherwise set this
+to \(\"-t\" \"-e\" \"none\") or (\"-C\" \"-t\" \"-e\" \"none\") if the telnet
+command requires a pseudo-tty allocation on an intermediate host.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-command "telnet"
- "Command used to start telnet.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-telnet-command "telnet"
+ "*Telnet command used to connect to an intermediate host.
+This command is used by the `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet' method.")
-(defvoo nntp-telnet-switches '("-8")
- "Switches given to the telnet command.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-telnet-switches '("-8")
+ "*Switches given to the telnet command `nntp-via-telnet-command'.")
-(defvoo nntp-end-of-line "\r\n"
- "String to use on the end of lines when talking to the NNTP server.
-This is \"\\r\\n\" by default, but should be \"\\n\" when
-using rlogin or telnet to communicate with the server.")
+(defvoo nntp-via-netcat-command "nc"
+ "*Netcat command used to connect to the nntp server.
+This command is used by the `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat' method.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-netcat-switches nil
+ "*Switches given to the netcat command `nntp-via-netcat-command'.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-user-name nil
+ "*User name to log in on an intermediate host with.
+This variable is used by the various nntp-open-via-* methods.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-user-password nil
+ "*Password to use to log in on an intermediate host with.
+This variable is used by the `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet' method.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-address nil
+ "*Address of an intermediate host to connect to.
+This variable is used by the various nntp-open-via-* methods.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-envuser nil
+ "*Whether both telnet client and server support the ENVIRON option.
+If non-nil, there will be no prompt for a login name.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-via-shell-prompt "bash\\|\$ *\r?$\\|> *\r?"
+ "*Regular expression to match the shell prompt on an intermediate host.
+This variable is used by the `nntp-open-via-telnet-and-telnet' method.")
(defvoo nntp-large-newsgroup 50
- "*The number of the articles which indicates a large newsgroup.
-If the number of the articles is greater than the value, verbose
+ "*The number of articles which indicates a large newsgroup.
+If the number of articles is greater than the value, verbose
messages will be shown to indicate the current status.")
(defvoo nntp-maximum-request 400
server there that you can connect to. See also
`nntp-open-connection-function'")
-(defvoo nntp-warn-about-losing-connection t
- "*If non-nil, beep when a server closes connection.")
-
(defvoo nntp-coding-system-for-read 'binary
"*Coding system to read from NNTP.")
(defvoo nntp-coding-system-for-write 'binary
"*Coding system to write to NNTP.")
+;; Marks
+(defvoo nntp-marks-is-evil nil
+ "*If non-nil, Gnus will never generate and use marks file for nntp groups.
+See `nnml-marks-is-evil' for more information.")
+
+(defvoo nntp-marks-file-name ".marks")
+(defvoo nntp-marks nil)
+(defvar nntp-marks-modtime (gnus-make-hashtable))
+
+(defcustom nntp-marks-directory
+ (nnheader-concat gnus-directory "marks/")
+ "*The directory where marks for nntp groups will be stored."
+ :group 'nntp
+ :type 'directory)
+
(defcustom nntp-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo"
".netrc-like file that holds nntp authinfo passwords."
+ :group 'nntp
:type
'(choice file
(repeat :tag "Entries"
If this variable is nil, which is the default, no timers are set.
NOTE: This variable is never seen to work in Emacs 20 and XEmacs 21.")
+(defvoo nntp-prepare-post-hook nil
+ "*Hook run just before posting an article. It is supposed to be used
+to insert Cancel-Lock headers.")
+
;;; Internal variables.
(defvar nntp-record-commands nil
(defvar nntp-async-timer nil)
(defvar nntp-async-process-list nil)
-(eval-and-compile
- (autoload 'mail-source-read-passwd "mail-source")
- (autoload 'open-ssl-stream "ssl"))
+(defvar nntp-ssl-program
+ "openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 -connect %s:%p"
+"A string containing commands for SSL connections.
+Within a string, %s is replaced with the server address and %p with
+port number on server. The program should accept IMAP commands on
+stdin and return responses to stdout.")
+
+(defvar nntp-authinfo-rejected nil
+"A custom error condition used to report 'Authentication Rejected' errors.
+Condition handlers that match just this condition ensure that the nntp
+backend doesn't catch this error.")
+(put 'nntp-authinfo-rejected 'error-conditions '(error nntp-authinfo-rejected))
+(put 'nntp-authinfo-rejected 'error-message "Authorization Rejected")
\f
nntp-last-command string)
(when nntp-record-commands
(nntp-record-command string))
- (process-send-string process (concat string nntp-end-of-line)))
+ (process-send-string process (concat string nntp-end-of-line))
+ (or (memq (process-status process) '(open run))
+ (nntp-report "Server closed connection")))
(defun nntp-record-command (string)
"Record the command STRING."
"." (format "%03d" (/ (nth 2 time) 1000))
" " nntp-address " " string "\n"))))
+(defun nntp-report (&rest args)
+ "Report an error from the nntp backend. The first string in ARGS
+can be a format string. For some commands, the failed command may be
+retried once before actually displaying the error report."
+
+ (when nntp-record-commands
+ (nntp-record-command "*** CALLED nntp-report ***"))
+
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp args)
+
+ (apply 'error args))
+
+(defun nntp-report-1 (&rest args)
+ "Throws out to nntp-with-open-group-error so that the connection may
+be restored and the command retried."
+
+ (when nntp-record-commands
+ (nntp-record-command "*** CONNECTION LOST ***"))
+
+ (throw 'nntp-with-open-group-error t))
+
(defsubst nntp-wait-for (process wait-for buffer &optional decode discard)
"Wait for WAIT-FOR to arrive from PROCESS."
+
(save-excursion
(set-buffer (process-buffer process))
(goto-char (point-min))
+
(while (and (or (not (memq (char-after (point)) '(?2 ?3 ?4 ?5)))
- (looking-at "480"))
+ (looking-at "48[02]"))
(memq (process-status process) '(open run)))
- (when (looking-at "480")
- (nntp-handle-authinfo process))
+ (cond ((looking-at "480")
+ (nntp-handle-authinfo process))
+ ((looking-at "482")
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp (get 'nntp-authinfo-rejected 'error-message))
+ (signal 'nntp-authinfo-rejected nil))
+ ((looking-at "^.*\n")
+ (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))))
(nntp-accept-process-output process)
(goto-char (point-min)))
(prog1
(nntp-snarf-error-message)
nil))
((not (memq (process-status process) '(open run)))
- (nnheader-report 'nntp "Server closed connection"))
+ (nntp-report "Server closed connection"))
(t
(goto-char (point-max))
- (let ((limit (point-min)))
+ (let ((limit (point-min))
+ response)
(while (not (re-search-backward wait-for limit t))
(nntp-accept-process-output process)
;; We assume that whatever we wait for is less than 1000
;; characters long.
(setq limit (max (- (point-max) 1000) (point-min)))
- (goto-char (point-max))))
+ (goto-char (point-max)))
+ (setq response (match-string 0))
+ (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
+ (setq nntp-process-response response)))
(nntp-decode-text (not decode))
(unless discard
(save-excursion
- (set-buffer buffer)
- (goto-char (point-max))
- (insert-buffer-substring (process-buffer process))
+ (set-buffer buffer)
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (insert-buffer-substring (process-buffer process))
;; Nix out "nntp reading...." message.
(when nntp-have-messaged
(setq nntp-have-messaged nil)
- (nnheader-message 5 ""))
- t))))
+ (nnheader-message 5 ""))))
+ t))
(unless discard
(erase-buffer)))))
(kill-buffer buffer)
(nnheader-init-server-buffer)))
+(defun nntp-erase-buffer (buffer)
+ "Erase contents of BUFFER."
+ (with-current-buffer buffer
+ (erase-buffer)))
+
(defsubst nntp-find-connection (buffer)
"Find the connection delivering to BUFFER."
(let ((alist nntp-connection-alist)
(buffer (if (stringp buffer) (get-buffer buffer) buffer))
process entry)
- (while (setq entry (pop alist))
+ (while (and alist (setq entry (pop alist)))
(when (eq buffer (cadr entry))
(setq process (car entry)
alist nil)))
"Use COMMAND to retrieve data into BUFFER from PORT on ADDRESS."
(let ((process (or (nntp-find-connection buffer)
(nntp-open-connection buffer))))
- (if (not process)
- (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s" address)
- (unless (or nntp-inhibit-erase nnheader-callback-function)
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer (process-buffer process))
- (erase-buffer)))
- (condition-case err
- (progn
- (when command
- (nntp-send-string process command))
- (cond
- ((eq callback 'ignore)
- t)
- ((and callback wait-for)
- (nntp-async-wait process wait-for buffer decode callback)
- t)
- (wait-for
- (nntp-wait-for process wait-for buffer decode))
- (t t)))
- (error
- (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s: %s"
- address err))
- (quit
- (message "Quit retrieving data from nntp")
- (signal 'quit nil)
- nil)))))
+ (if process
+ (progn
+ (unless (or nntp-inhibit-erase nnheader-callback-function)
+ (nntp-erase-buffer (process-buffer process)))
+ (condition-case err
+ (progn
+ (when command
+ (nntp-send-string process command))
+ (cond
+ ((eq callback 'ignore)
+ t)
+ ((and callback wait-for)
+ (nntp-async-wait process wait-for buffer decode callback)
+ t)
+ (wait-for
+ (nntp-wait-for process wait-for buffer decode))
+ (t t)))
+ (nntp-authinfo-rejected
+ (signal 'nntp-authinfo-rejected (cdr err)))
+ (error
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s: %s"
+ address err))
+ (quit
+ (message "Quit retrieving data from nntp")
+ (signal 'quit nil)
+ nil)))
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s" address))))
(defsubst nntp-send-command (wait-for &rest strings)
"Send STRINGS to server and wait until WAIT-FOR returns."
(when (and (not nnheader-callback-function)
(not nntp-inhibit-output))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
- (erase-buffer)))
- (nntp-retrieve-data
- (mapconcat 'identity strings " ")
- nntp-address nntp-port-number nntp-server-buffer
- wait-for nnheader-callback-function))
+ (nntp-erase-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
+ (let* ((command (mapconcat 'identity strings " "))
+ (process (nntp-find-connection nntp-server-buffer))
+ (buffer (and process (process-buffer process)))
+ (pos (and buffer (with-current-buffer buffer (point)))))
+ (if process
+ (prog1
+ (nntp-retrieve-data command
+ nntp-address nntp-port-number
+ nntp-server-buffer
+ wait-for nnheader-callback-function)
+ ;; If nothing to wait for, still remove possibly echo'ed commands.
+ ;; We don't have echos if nntp-open-connection-function
+ ;; is `nntp-open-network-stream', so we skip this in that case.
+ (unless (or wait-for
+ (equal nntp-open-connection-function
+ 'nntp-open-network-stream))
+ (nntp-accept-response)
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer buffer)
+ (goto-char pos)
+ (if (looking-at (regexp-quote command))
+ (delete-region pos (progn (forward-line 1)
+ (point-at-bol))))
+ )))
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s."
+ nntp-address))))
(defun nntp-send-command-nodelete (wait-for &rest strings)
"Send STRINGS to server and wait until WAIT-FOR returns."
- (nntp-retrieve-data
- (mapconcat 'identity strings " ")
- nntp-address nntp-port-number nntp-server-buffer
- wait-for nnheader-callback-function))
+ (let* ((command (mapconcat 'identity strings " "))
+ (process (nntp-find-connection nntp-server-buffer))
+ (buffer (and process (process-buffer process)))
+ (pos (and buffer (with-current-buffer buffer (point)))))
+ (if process
+ (prog1
+ (nntp-retrieve-data command
+ nntp-address nntp-port-number
+ nntp-server-buffer
+ wait-for nnheader-callback-function)
+ ;; If nothing to wait for, still remove possibly echo'ed commands
+ (unless wait-for
+ (nntp-accept-response)
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer buffer)
+ (goto-char pos)
+ (if (looking-at (regexp-quote command))
+ (delete-region pos (progn (forward-line 1)
+ (point-at-bol)))))))
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s."
+ nntp-address))))
(defun nntp-send-command-and-decode (wait-for &rest strings)
"Send STRINGS to server and wait until WAIT-FOR returns."
(when (and (not nnheader-callback-function)
(not nntp-inhibit-output))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
- (erase-buffer)))
- (nntp-retrieve-data
- (mapconcat 'identity strings " ")
- nntp-address nntp-port-number nntp-server-buffer
- wait-for nnheader-callback-function t))
+ (nntp-erase-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
+ (let* ((command (mapconcat 'identity strings " "))
+ (process (nntp-find-connection nntp-server-buffer))
+ (buffer (and process (process-buffer process)))
+ (pos (and buffer (with-current-buffer buffer (point)))))
+ (if process
+ (prog1
+ (nntp-retrieve-data command
+ nntp-address nntp-port-number
+ nntp-server-buffer
+ wait-for nnheader-callback-function t)
+ ;; If nothing to wait for, still remove possibly echo'ed commands
+ (unless wait-for
+ (nntp-accept-response)
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer buffer)
+ (goto-char pos)
+ (if (looking-at (regexp-quote command))
+ (delete-region pos (progn (forward-line 1) (point-at-bol))))
+ )))
+ (nnheader-report 'nntp "Couldn't open connection to %s."
+ nntp-address))))
+
(defun nntp-send-buffer (wait-for)
"Send the current buffer to server and wait until WAIT-FOR returns."
(when (and (not nnheader-callback-function)
(not nntp-inhibit-output))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer (nntp-find-connection-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
- (erase-buffer)))
+ (nntp-erase-buffer
+ (nntp-find-connection-buffer nntp-server-buffer)))
(nntp-encode-text)
- (process-send-region (nntp-find-connection nntp-server-buffer)
- (point-min) (point-max))
+ (mm-with-unibyte-current-buffer
+ ;; Some encoded unicode text contains character 0x80-0x9f e.g. Euro.
+ (process-send-region (nntp-find-connection nntp-server-buffer)
+ (point-min) (point-max)))
(nntp-retrieve-data
nil nntp-address nntp-port-number nntp-server-buffer
wait-for nnheader-callback-function))
;; a line with only a "." on it.
((eq (char-after) ?2)
(if (re-search-forward "\n\\.\r?\n" nil t)
- t
+ (progn
+ ;; Some broken news servers add another dot at the end.
+ ;; Protect against inflooping there.
+ (while (looking-at "^\\.\r?\n")
+ (forward-line 1))
+ t)
nil))
;; A result that starts with a 3xx or 4xx code is terminated
;; by a newline.
(t
nil)))
+(eval-when-compile
+ (defvar nntp-with-open-group-internal nil)
+ (defvar nntp-report-n nil))
+
+(defmacro nntp-with-open-group (group server &optional connectionless &rest forms)
+ "Protect against servers that don't like clients that keep idle connections opens.
+The problem being that these servers may either close a connection or
+simply ignore any further requests on a connection. Closed
+connections are not detected until accept-process-output has updated
+the process-status. Dropped connections are not detected until the
+connection timeouts (which may be several minutes) or
+nntp-connection-timeout has expired. When these occur
+nntp-with-open-group, opens a new connection then re-issues the NNTP
+command whose response triggered the error."
+ (when (and (listp connectionless)
+ (not (eq connectionless nil)))
+ (setq forms (cons connectionless forms)
+ connectionless nil))
+ `(letf ((nntp-report-n (symbol-function 'nntp-report))
+ ((symbol-function 'nntp-report) (symbol-function 'nntp-report-1))
+ (nntp-with-open-group-internal nil))
+ (while (catch 'nntp-with-open-group-error
+ ;; Open the connection to the server
+ ;; NOTE: Existing connections are NOT tested.
+ (nntp-possibly-change-group ,group ,server ,connectionless)
+
+ (let ((timer
+ (and nntp-connection-timeout
+ (run-at-time
+ nntp-connection-timeout nil
+ '(lambda ()
+ (let ((process (nntp-find-connection
+ nntp-server-buffer))
+ (buffer (and process
+ (process-buffer process))))
+ ;; When I an able to identify the
+ ;; connection to the server AND I've
+ ;; received NO reponse for
+ ;; nntp-connection-timeout seconds.
+ (when (and buffer (eq 0 (buffer-size buffer)))
+ ;; Close the connection. Take no
+ ;; other action as the accept input
+ ;; code will handle the closed
+ ;; connection.
+ (nntp-kill-buffer buffer))))))))
+ (unwind-protect
+ (setq nntp-with-open-group-internal
+ (condition-case nil
+ (progn ,@forms)
+ (quit
+ (unless debug-on-quit
+ (nntp-close-server))
+ (signal 'quit nil))))
+ (when timer
+ (nnheader-cancel-timer timer)))
+ nil))
+ (setf (symbol-function 'nntp-report) nntp-report-n))
+ nntp-with-open-group-internal))
+
(deffoo nntp-retrieve-headers (articles &optional group server fetch-old)
"Retrieve the headers of ARTICLES."
- (nntp-possibly-change-group group server)
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer (nntp-find-connection-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
- (erase-buffer)
- (if (and (not gnus-nov-is-evil)
- (not nntp-nov-is-evil)
- (nntp-retrieve-headers-with-xover articles fetch-old))
- ;; We successfully retrieved the headers via XOVER.
- 'nov
- ;; XOVER didn't work, so we do it the hard, slow and inefficient
- ;; way.
- (let ((number (length articles))
- (count 0)
- (received 0)
- (last-point (point-min))
- (buf (nntp-find-connection-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
- (nntp-inhibit-erase t)
- article)
- ;; Send HEAD commands.
- (while (setq article (pop articles))
- (nntp-send-command
- nil
- "HEAD" (if (numberp article)
- (int-to-string article)
- ;; `articles' is either a list of article numbers
- ;; or a list of article IDs.
- article))
- (incf count)
- ;; Every 400 requests we have to read the stream in
- ;; order to avoid deadlocks.
- (when (or (null articles) ;All requests have been sent.
- (zerop (% count nntp-maximum-request)))
- (nntp-accept-response)
- (while (progn
- (set-buffer buf)
- (goto-char last-point)
- ;; Count replies.
- (while (nntp-next-result-arrived-p)
- (setq last-point (point))
- (incf received))
- (< received count))
- ;; If number of headers is greater than 100, give
- ;; informative messages.
- (and (numberp nntp-large-newsgroup)
- (> number nntp-large-newsgroup)
- (zerop (% received 20))
- (nnheader-message 6 "NNTP: Receiving headers... %d%%"
- (/ (* received 100) number)))
- (nntp-accept-response))))
- (and (numberp nntp-large-newsgroup)
- (> number nntp-large-newsgroup)
- (nnheader-message 6 "NNTP: Receiving headers...done"))
-
- ;; Now all of replies are received. Fold continuation lines.
- (nnheader-fold-continuation-lines)
- ;; Remove all "\r"'s.
- (nnheader-strip-cr)
- (copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
- 'headers))))
+ (nntp-with-open-group
+ group server
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer (nntp-find-connection-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (if (and (not gnus-nov-is-evil)
+ (not nntp-nov-is-evil)
+ (nntp-retrieve-headers-with-xover articles fetch-old))
+ ;; We successfully retrieved the headers via XOVER.
+ 'nov
+ ;; XOVER didn't work, so we do it the hard, slow and inefficient
+ ;; way.
+ (let ((number (length articles))
+ (articles articles)
+ (count 0)
+ (received 0)
+ (last-point (point-min))
+ (buf (nntp-find-connection-buffer nntp-server-buffer))
+ (nntp-inhibit-erase t)
+ article)
+ ;; Send HEAD commands.
+ (while (setq article (pop articles))
+ (nntp-send-command
+ nil
+ "HEAD" (if (numberp article)
+ (int-to-string article)
+ ;; `articles' is either a list of article numbers
+ ;; or a list of article IDs.
+ article))
+ (incf count)
+ ;; Every 400 requests we have to read the stream in
+ ;; order to avoid deadlocks.
+ (when (or (null articles) ;All requests have been sent.
+ &nbs