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Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

[...]

> So far as I can tell, calling `gnus-no-server' skips the initial
> connection to `gnus-start-news-server' (which only starts
> `gnus-select-method'), but then later on connects to it anyway, during
> `gnus-get-unread-articles'.

You probably figured this out, but this should have said "skips initial
connection to `gnus-select-method'".

> Of course, for that matter, if you know what the lowest level is of
> all the groups belonging to that server, you could just call `gnus'
> with a numeric prefix arg of that level or lower

Only lower! Not that level.