Re: Setting nnslashdot levels?

[Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Emerick Rogul <emerick@cs.bu.edu> writes:
> 
> > 1) I have a slashdot topic configured and my slashdot groups showing
> > up beneath it.  The groups are showing up as level 3 (the default
> > subscribed level); I'd like to instead have it so that all nnslashdot
> > groups (or all groups under that topic) are level 5, say.  How can I
> > configure that?
> 
> There is no predefined functionality for doing this.

But if you don't want to see the /. groups in the, you can press RET
on the /. topic header to hide them.

> > 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?

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