Re: *Server* buffer problems when adding server parameters

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> But servers belonging to different backends can have the same name;
>> the name alone is not unique.
> 
> No, they can't, and yes they are.  Or, to put it another way -- yes,
> they can, and no, they aren't.¹

I have these select methods:
(setq gnus-select-method
      `(nnmaildir "" (directory prj:nnmaildir)))
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
      '((nntp "" (nntp-address "news.cwru.edu."))))
The name (designation, whatever) "" is not sufficient to distinguish
between them.  "nnmaildir:" and "nntp:" do distinguish between them.

> When Gnus says "... server ...", it's talking about the designator
> for a select method.

Meaning the second element?  Or the first two?

> However, select methods also contains something that's called a
> "server" (that is, the address of an external instance to contact,
> in nntp's case).

Meaning the nntp-address (or, e.g., nnml-directory) parameter?


paul