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The manual says

`c'
     Short (collapsed) group name.  The `gnus-group-uncollapsed-levels'
     variable says how many levels to leave at the end of the group
     name.  The default is 1--this will mean that group names like
     `gnu.emacs.gnus' will be shortened to `g.emacs.gnus'.

Try to make sense of that.

I'd like it to do what the first part suggests, collapse everything
but the last n levels.

Here's what I need it for, my gnus-posting-style:

(((message-news-p)
  ("From"
   (concat "Jost Krieger <Jost.Krieger+trap-"
	   (gnus-short-group-name group 2)
	   "-"
	   (format-time-string "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
	   "@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>"))
  ("Reply-To"
   (concat "Jost.Krieger+post-"
	   (gnus-short-group-name group 2)
	   "-"
	   (format-time-string "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
	   "@ruhr-uni-bochum.de"))))

(All adresses work, but the trap addresses generate a nice bounce, and
if that bounces again, that sender will no longer be received at our
university.)

Jost
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