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prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

>> When Gnus says "... server ...", it's talking about the designator
>> for a select method.
>
> Meaning the second element?  Or the first two?

Neither.  The server name is outside the select method.  The only
place you can actually see the server name is in `gnus-server-alist'.

(The name of the server is most often the same as the address element
in the select method, but that's in no way guaranteed.)

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