Re: Strange server names confusion

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

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> On my IMAP groups, G e says "nnimap:", and on my nnml groups, it says
>> "nnml:".  nnimap and nnml are secondary select methods in my setup.
>>
>> But on my foreign nntp groups, G e says "quimby" and "dfn",
>> respectively, rather than "nntp:quimby" and "nntp:dfn" which I'd
>> expect.
>
> Foreign groups are identified by the name of the server (car of each
> entry in `gnus-server-alist').

And secondary groups are identified in some other way?

Does this mean I can have two secondary servers with the same name (as
long as the backend is different), but not two foreign servers with
the same name?

> `gnus-server-to-method' etc should understand nntp:quimby even if
> "quimby" is the name of a foreign nntp server though.

Well, I tried to enter "nntp:quimby" (with quotes) after `G e' on the
group, then I tried to enter the group -- no dice.  But with "quimby"
(with quotes), it worked.

> Compare the discussion about the "archive" server recently, this is
> the same thing.  The "archive" server looks like a foreign server.

I didn't understand that discussion, either ;-nature