Re: self contained nnfolder

[Amos Gouaux <amos+lists.ding@utdallas.edu>]

>>>>> On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 15:41:07 +0200,
>>>>> Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> (kg) writes:

kg> Amos Gouaux <amos+lists.ding@utdallas.edu> writes:
>> I've read the info docs and combed through my ~/.newsrc.eld, but I'm
>> still at a loss as to why it still attempts to connect to "news" via
>> nntp.  No NNTP* or NEWS env.  Got (setq gnus-nntp-server nil) to be
>> sure.  No /etc/nntpserver.  Does it automatically look for a host
>> name "news"?

kg> Start Gnus, hit `^'.  What do you see in the server list?  Any nntp
kg> server there?

Oh, I'm afraid I was being stupid yet again.  The disadvantage of
using emacs/xemacs for as long as I have is that my init stuff is a
horrible mess.

The problem is that I was throwing everything into the
gnus-startup-hook I've been adding to over the years.  However,
these settings (gnus-select-method and gnus-secondary-select-methods)  
need to be set up before then.  Duh.  Once I pulled these out into
regular init stuff evaled before gnus is started, the phantom
nntp:news entry disappeared.  I'm not sure why it appeared at all,
but now it's gone.

These two settings are indeed confusing.  What I'm trying to do is
move critical stuff like my nnimap inbox into gnus-secondary-select-methods
and the rest into foreign groups.  I set gnus-activate-foreign-newsgroups
to 2.  Then when I want to read mail on a foreign server, I go into
the server buffer and open that server, then M-g the topic
containing the groups from that server.  At one point I was thinking
of putting my nnimap inbox in gnus-select-method, but it sounds like
some folks had difficulty with that.  Besides, with posting-styles
and such, I kinda prefer that the server name be present with all my
groups.  I've also got a couple of IMAP servers in the mix.

-- 
Amos