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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:
> Does anybody have experience with using nnimap as the native server?

Use it all the time.

> And what would be the least painful way to migrate from me having:
>=20
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "foo"))
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>       '((nnimap "" (nnimap-address "bar"))
>         (nnml "")))
>=20
> to me having this:
>=20
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "" (nnimap-address "bar")))
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>       '((nnml "")
>         (nntp "" (nntp-address "foo"))))
>=20
> I'd like to keep all marks, if possible.  But of course, I only want
> to do this if there won't be tons of problems.

I moved my existing stuff, created a "tentative" new configuration,
started it, populated the group list, put my old config back, and
edited GROUPS.eld directly based on differences between it and the
"tentative" setup. :-)

I don't know if this qualifies as less than tons of problems.

Mike.