Re: gnus does not show killed or zombie groups

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

vvv@vvv.vsu.ru writes:

> Then i tried to subscribe to my local news server's groups.
> But wgen i started gnus, it did not find/show any new newsgroups
> on this server (i pressed `A z' and `A k' in a group buffer, but
> it showed nothing). But the newsgroups were there! If i try to
> subscribe manually to a newsgroup (`U'), then gnus does not show
> the nntp backend, nor it shows possible newsgroups (when
> completing an empty string). But if i, say, enter a newsgroup
> like nntp:some.newsgroup, then gnus subscribes to it.

Yes, you can always type in a full group name, even if Gnus doesn't
know about it beforehand.

> i was able to subscribe to the newsgroups by entering the server
> buffer, and pressing enter on nntp:localhost server. But why
> `A z' and `A k' do not work (and gnus does not find new
> newsgroups)?

I've just tried starting Gnus with no init files, and all the groups
seem to get shown when I `A k'.  

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen