Wayne Harris writes:

> Adam Sjøgren writes:
>
>> Adam writes:
>>
>>> But now we are deeper into how Gnus works than what I know :-)
>>
>> It looks like you can configure Gnus to use GROUP instead of LIST
>> ACTIVE:
>>
>> ,----[ C-h v nntp-server-list-active-group RET ]
>> | nntp-server-list-active-group is a variable defined in ‘nntp.el’.
>> | Its value is nil
>> | 
>> | Documentation:
>> | If nil, then always use GROUP instead of LIST ACTIVE.
>> | This is usually slower, but on misconfigured servers that don’t
>> | update their active files often, this can help.
>> | 
>> | This is a Gnus server variable.  See Info node ‘(gnus)Select Methods’.
>> `----
>
> How can I build such a beautiful ASCII-sign like that? (Jealous!)
>
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That would be boxquote <http://www.davep.org/emacs/#Fboxquote.el>.
It's a super neat little package. :-)