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prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> wrote:
>> Josh Huber <huber+dated+1028145806.d34009@alum.wpi.edu> writes:
>>> IMHO, the determination of the destination group should happen much
>>> earlier in the game -- doing in buried in each backend is just not the
>>> right thing to do.
>>
>> Split rules are backend specific in Gnus.  But I agree, it would be
>> nicer if there was a `gnus-split-rules' that could crosspost across
>> backends too.
>
> Well, if [B t] can figure out where the article ought to go, why not
> simply pass that group instead of nil?

B t is a kludge, it accesses the backend specific variables to do its
work.  B r uses undocumented backend features right now.  Since Gnus
is designed around having splitting in the backends, I think it is
better to try to make that more common.