From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/74935 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Julien Danjou Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Streamlining first-time Gnus usage Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292256946 11150 80.91.229.12 (13 Dec 2010 16:15:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:15:46 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M23291@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Dec 13 17:15:43 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PSB3p-00028X-DY for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PSB3j-00051V-5r; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:15:31 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PSB3h-00051C-Pl for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:15:29 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PSB3g-0005ua-Hq for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:15:29 -0600 Original-Received: from coquelicot-s.easter-eggs.com ([213.215.37.94]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PSB3e-0001xm-Px for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:26 +0100 Original-Received: from cigue.easter-eggs.fr (cigue.easter-eggs.fr [10.0.0.33]) by rose.easter-eggs.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B280314186 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from jdanjou by cigue.easter-eggs.fr with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PSB3b-0007Aj-D9 for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:23 +0100 Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:10:43 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:74935 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. :) =2D-=20 Julien Danjou =E2=9D=B1 http://julien.danjou.info --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk0GRpsACgkQpGK1HsL+5c29dgCgtT7LvKqF3myFHzOcBSqZSov6 YMgAoMaja2qZmGztwjMzCmo1oyBov9ZB =XCKY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--