Re: difference between foreign and secondary servers?

[Laura Conrad <lconrad@world.std.com>]

>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:

    Kai> I now browsed the manual using `s secondary RET' and I found this:

    Kai> /----
    Kai> |    A slightly different approach to foreign groups is to set the
    Kai> | `gnus-secondary-select-methods' variable.  The select methods listed in
    Kai> | this variable are in many ways just as native as the
    Kai> | `gnus-select-method' server.  They will also be queried for active
    Kai> | files during startup (if that's required), and new newsgroups that
    Kai> | appear on these servers will be subscribed (or not) just as native
    Kai> | groups are.
    Kai> \----

    Kai> Does that tell the whole story?  Or is there anything missing?

I've been using a foreign server which is not a secondary select
method, and I find that gnus startup insists on trying to contact it
anyway.  I don't know whether it's looking for an active file or what, 
but it's a bit of a nuisance, since I need to be dialed in to access
the server, and I'm usually not when I start gnus.  

I've been just hitting ^G, but if anyone knows how to tell gnus to
start up with this server denied, that would be better yet.

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