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prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) wrote:
>> Suppose I have a special server parameter, how do I get back that
>> value?  Do I have to fish the server from gnus-opened-servers and/or
>> gnus-server-alist and then use assoc or assq manually, or is there a
>> ready-made function which accepts a server (or server name) and a
>> parameter and gives me the value?
>
> gnus-server-to-method will do part of the job.

Hm.  That's the same as the entry in gnus-server-alist or
gnus-opened-servers.

So to get the value of the server parameter, assoc and assq are my
friends.

kai
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