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Juri Pakaste <cyteen@avalon.icon.fi> writes:

> Is there a way to tell sgnus to use just the secondary select method
> when starting up and when fetching new articles? The primary method is
> nntp, which isn't always available (I use PPP) and when it is, it
> isn't exactly fast over the 16800 link. But AFAIK I always have to use
> it when I want to read mail, as I use nnml as the secondary select
> method.
> 
> This might be a RTFM, but I haven't found the solution.

	M-x gnus-no-server

It is usuallyt a good idea to combine it with a prefix. I have my mail
groups at level 1 and 2, and if I want to just read mail I do

	M-2 M-x gnus-no-server

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