From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/74939 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam =?utf-8?Q?Sj=C3=B8gren?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Streamlining first-time Gnus usage Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:02:59 +0100 Organization: koldfront - analysis & revolution, Copenhagen, Denmark Message-ID: <87oc8ptxks.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292259808 26439 80.91.229.12 (13 Dec 2010 17:03:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:03:28 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M23295@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Dec 13 18:03:24 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PSBo3-0003GV-1C for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:03:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PSBnv-0005Lf-Th; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:03:15 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PSBnu-0005LM-Dj for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:03:14 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PSBnt-00017U-0v for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:03:14 -0600 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PSBns-0002ks-9B for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:03:12 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PSBnr-00037f-Rh for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:03:11 +0100 Original-Received: from rain.gmane.org ([80.91.229.7]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:03:11 +0100 Original-Received: from asjo by rain.gmane.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:03:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rain.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never X-Face: )qY&CseJ?.:=8F#^~GcSA?F=9eu'{KAFfL1C3/A&:nE?PW\i65"ba0NS)97,Q(^@xk}n4Ou rPuR#V8I(J_@~H($[ym:`K_+]*kjvW>xH5jbgLBVFGXY:(#4P>zVBklLbdL&XxL\M)%T}3S/IS9lMJ ^St'=VZBR Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:74939 Archived-At: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:29:55 +0100, Lars wrote: > But we could recommend doing stuff like > (gnus-add-method '(nnimap "imap.gmail.com")) > (gnus-add-method '(nntp "news.gmane.org")) > instead of exposing the primary/secondary stuff directly. I mean, if we > just drop the idea of a primary method altogether, and just say that > they're all secondary, then everything is fine. Except for the long, > prefixed group names... Sound good, I think! I have grown accustomed to setting the primary method to nnnil when I am configuring a new Gnus (i.e. when changing jobs) - so all servers are secondary, and equal, citizens. Should any other mail-type groups besides nnimap groups default to being automatically subscribed as well? Best regards, Adam -- "That's a mystery, but I don't intend to inquire into Adam Sjøgren it further." asjo@koldfront.dk