On Mon, Dec 13 2010, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> The mission: To make first-time Gnus usage not suck.

Good idea. :)

> (Long-term we want to use Assistants, but let's just contemplate Gnus
> defaults for the time being.)

I don't think assistants is a good solution. That would just hide a
complexity. But things should not be complex.

> So, created a brand new test user, and I put the following in my .emacs
> file:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "imap.gmail.com"))

FWIW, it took me several weeks until I understand what was the
differences between gnus-select-method and
gnus-secondary-select-methods. That could be a starting point.

> 2) don't create the queue group -- it should be deferred until it's
>    needed (if ever)

Weird, I do not have one. It may be recent.

> 4) subscribe all the groups from the primary select method (and activate
>    them) if the primary select method is a mail method (like nnimap)

Add nnimap into `gnus-auto-subscribed-groups'?
(I do that in my configuration. I prefer to be auto-subscribed and kill
the group if I do not want it, rather than miss a new group. :)

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Julien Danjou
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