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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

>      (setq gnus-refer-article-method
>            '(current
>              (nnweb "refer" (nnweb-type google))))
>
> Isn't it strange that it refers to a search at Google by the name of
> "refer"?  I vaguely recall that there was once a dejanews-like
> service named refer.  Or does the "refer" refer to the fact that it
> is in gnus-refer-article-method?

It's just the name of the server -- it could be called anything.

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