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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Just looking at what was returned when I evaled:
> (setq nnir-mail-backend (car (nth 5 gnus-opened-servers)))
> 
> It appears that at least 2 of the pieces of information that nnir
> needs, to search a different server, are in that return.
> 
> Seems that nnir could be made to snarf it up by prompting the user for
> a server name, then scanning that list for a match, slurping up the
> strip prefix and name as it goes.
> 
> All thats missing in that picture is  the proper glimpseindex
> directory.

Yes, a lot of the necessary information seems to be in the server
parameters.  Hm.  I think the best approach would be to add the other
nnir information to the server parameters, too, such that you can edit
a server then add a parameter `nnir-glimpse-home' or somesuch which
points to the right directory.

I have now added this to the todo list.

kai
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