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Subject: Re: doc bug?  IMAP info misleading
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On 20 Sep 2000, Simon Josefsson wrote:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:
>=20
>> I think the Gnus info file is misleading wrt IMAP setup, but I'm
>> not sure what to do about it.
>=20
> I agree.  Examples rules.  Is this better?  I've commited it.
> [...]
>      Note that this should be a integer, example server
>      specification:
>=20
>           (nnimap "mail.server.com"
>                   (nnimap-server-port 4711))

Looks good.  Now the only thing that's missing is to explain to people
what to do with the server specs.  Ie, they can either type `e' in the
Server buffer, or they add it to gnus-secondary-select-methods, like
so:

(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnimap ...))

But of course this is not specific to IMAP.

I wonder: should we tell people to set gnus-secondary-select-methods
to a list of server names, then edit the server parameters in the
server buffer?  Or should we tell them to put the whole select method
(rather than just the name) into gnus-secondary-select-methods?

kai
--=20
I like BOTH kinds of music.