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visigoth@naiad.fac.cs.cmu.edu writes:

> Hmm.  Does Gnus do anything fancy to try to detect if the news server
> provides overview lines?  We use a little proxy thing locally which
> will provide overviews, but produces errors on "list overview.fmt".
> Will Gnus switch to using headers because of this?

No -- Gnus will try to do an XOVER and see what it gets back.

> Specifically, a backend that would take a list of virtual servers
> and provide each newsgroup from the first server on the list that
> carries it, and merge ACTIVE files from those servers?

Not hard at all -- it's just a SMOP.

> Can I get this on the list of things for Quassia Gnus, or is it too
> special-purpose?

It seems to special-purpose to me.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen