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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:

> I'm trying to manage todo items, and I don't really feel that people
> should change their post method just to be able to enter todo items.

Yes.  But the problem is that the backends do not control how Gnus
sends messages; Gnus says what backends to use.  It may have been a
design mistake to default to the native posting method when posting,
but that's how it is.  

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen