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Paul Grayson <pgrayson+ding@ks.uiuc.edu> writes:

>> If so, does your `nnchoke-retrieve-groups' really return correct
>> information?  Guns certainly should notice new unread articles.
>
> Okay, it is starting to work quite well for me now.  Maybe
> 'nnchoke-retrieve-groups' shouldn't be listed as an optional function?

Well, it is optional. :-) Some backends can't provide the information
that is needed to implement it.