Re: ANNOUNCE: nndb 0.2

[Thomas Neumann <tom@smart.ruhr.de>]

Dave Blacka writes:

 > Instead of specifing "db" as the method, specify "nntp" as the method
 > and "db" as the address.  You will then get a group prepended with
 > "nntp+db:".  I believe this is what Lars meant.

I don't think so, and reality proves me right, as your proposed
solution does not work. Using your method GNUS tries to contact a nntp
server on a host named "db", which is unlikely to be
successful. Besides, the sgnus documentation states (in Node "Servers
and Methods")

"Servers and Methods
-------------------

Wherever you would normally use a select method
(eg. `gnus-secondary-select-method', in the group select method, when
browsing a foreign server) you can use a virtual server name instead.
This could potentially save lots of typing.  And it's nice all over.
"

I read this as "a virtual server name can replace a select method",
and I dare to say that exactly this does not work in current versions
of sgnus.

-t