Re: Setting nnslashdot levels?

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

Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> > > 2) Even better would be if the slashdot webserver was not contacted at
> > > _all_ (not even at gnus startup) until I specifically requested it.
> > > Can this be configured?  Is it just the same as above?
> > 
> > If you don't have the slashdot server in your secondary select
> > methods, the groups will probably not be activated.
> 
> But when will new groups be found, then?

That's a good question.

> Is it possible to mark a server as "denied" per default, until you
> explicitly open it?

(push '((nnslashdot "") denied) gnus-opened-servers)

But un-denying the server means going into the server buffer and
`R'-ing there.

I have nnslashdot as a secondary select method, and even though
Slashdot is often down, it doesn't really bother me much.  When Gnus
hangs, I just `C-g' past it and continue with my work...

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