Re: Make Gnus emit more errors for unknown servers?

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

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

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> I think if Gnus finds a group name where no server exists, it just
>> creates a server on the fly.  So for example, if people add
>>
>>     (nnml "" (nnml-directory "/tmp/foo"))
>>
>> to gnus-secondary-select-methods, then create some groups in that
>> server, then accidentally delete that entry from
>> gnus-secondary-select-methods, Gnus will create a (nnml "") server on
>> the fly, and then it won't be able to open the groups.
>
> The server should still be in gnus-server-alist, I think?  If it
> isn't, it should be put there.  Probably.

I'm trying to suggest the opposite: when Gnus finds that a server is
missing, it should issue an error message.

There have been discussions in the past of people who see lots of
strange servers when they do `^'.  And even more strange problems
resulted from this.

kai
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