Re: nnslashdot question

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

Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:

> I've started using nnslashdot and it's working.  I added a
> gnus-secondary-select-method for nnslashdot and mentioned in the
> documentation.  I changed my gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-method from
> gnus-subscribe-zombies to gnus-subscribe-topics.  I created a 'slashdot'
> topic and set its parameter as described in the mail list. When I fetch
> mail/news nothing special happens unless I press "F" and then slashdot groups
> appear in the topic.
> 
> Some questions:
> 
> 1) Is what I described above the recommended way of incorporating nnslashdot?

Yes.

> 2) How do I remove slashdot groups that I am not interested in reading?  C-k?

It'll just reappear later.  Perhaps there should be a
`nnslashdot-purge-old-groups'.  Hm.  No, `G DEL' should work.  Fix in
Gnus v5.8.3.

> 3) Having changed my gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-method, how are other new
>    groups treated when they appear on my news server?  using
>    gnus-subscribe-zombies, I never did anything special to check for new
>    newsgroups. I would just periodically press A-z to check for any zombies.
>    What will be different now?

All new groups will be subscribed on level 3 in the top-level topic.
(That is, except for the groups that match some `subscription' topic
parameter.) 

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