From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82720 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: What is a "virtual" group? Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:26:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87vcbqs4fo.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87obl6ck1p.fsf@dod.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356438445 26447 80.91.229.3 (25 Dec 2012 12:27:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Dave Abrahams Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30986@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Dec 25 13:27:37 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TnTbW-0007xU-9k for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:27:30 +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 1TnTbD-0006lW-Kv; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 06:27:11 -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 1TnTbC-0006lE-6W for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 06:27:10 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TnTb7-0007HV-1z for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 06:27:09 -0600 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnTb5-0008B4-FC for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:27:03 +0100 Original-Received: from ip-90-20-179-93.dialup.ice.net ([93.179.20.90] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnTav-0007y4-MB; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:26:54 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Winston Tong's _Theoretically Chinese_ In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:08:06 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1TnTav-0007y4-MB MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1357043214.5497@bHR1Mt9ei1CsdMotjDlySw X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82720 Archived-At: Dave Abrahams writes: > I think only someone who understands the intended meaning of "virtual" > could answer it. Lars? A virtual group is a group that has a different group or groups backing it, so it has no real backing store of its own. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen