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Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:

> > What about foreign servers?  A while ago, I think someone suggested
> > there should be only a single list of servers, customizable via the
> > server buffer.
> 
>         It's good to have native servers different from foreign
> servers. I find it important that gnus does not check for new
> newsgroups on foreign ones.

The foreignness of a server should IMHO just be a customization, it
should not define the server.  An enhanced *Server* buffer might list
all servers together with options and common operations:

  news                Backend: nntp      [DEL]
    Foreign: [ ]
    NNTP options:
      Address: news.example.org
      Port: nntp
      SSL [ ]

  mail                Backend: nnml      [DEL]
    NNML options:
      Directory: ~/Mail/
    NNML operations:
      [Regenerate NOV]
      
  imap.example.org    Backend: nnimap    [DEL]
    Foreign: [ ]
    NNIMAP options:
      Address: 
      Port: imap
      SSL [ ]
      Authenticator: [CRAM-MD5]

Or something.