Re: nnml suddenly not activating groups on startup

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>> Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> writes:
>
>>> For the record, my select-method configuration is:
>
>>>  '(gnus-select-method
>>>    '(nntp "news.eyrie.org"
>>>           (nntp-open-connection-function network-only)
>>>           (nntp-connection-timeout 3)))
>>>  '(gnus-secondadry-select-methods '((nnml "")))
>
>> Just checking in to confirm that the above is a typo, and not actual
>> copy-and-paste from your config?
>
> Sigh.  No, it was a cut and paste, and this is why one always cuts and
> pastes one's configuration.

Very true!

> Thank you.
>
> So I broke it when adding a secondary server by misspelling the variable
> name, and Gnus was smart enough to figure out that it should activate the
> server anyway if I pushed it hard enough, which kept me from realizing
> that the configuration was just wrong.

Gnus will also happily make you a server that you haven't configured, if
it sees groups that specify that server.

Glad it wasn't more complicated than this. I was keeping quiet and
hoping Adam would solve it :)