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Subject: Re: swapping which account is my "primary" select method
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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Nov 20 2017, Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
>
>> I think it would be a good idea to allow a user-settable group name
>> alias, as one of the group parameters.
>
> You can shorten the name by using nntp-address explicitly in the select
> method:
>
>   (nntp "gmane" (nntp-address "news.gmane.org"))

Good point! I had forgotten that. Still, a group alias would be useful.