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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> I sense that I'm missing out on some nice functionality. How does the
> updated active file, new messages etc get to the unplugged
> version. Probably something obvious but I've experimented a few times
> with 2 running instances of gnus, also with M-x gnus-slave but must
> have missed out on the right technique.

Somewhat tangential, but you reminded me of a wishlist item I'd been
meaning to raise.  How is one supposed to be able to run a gnus-slave
unplugged safely?  A gnus-slave-unplugged function which ensured that
both slave and gnus-unplugged were set correctly would be nice here.