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>>>>> "dv" == Didier Verna <verna@inf.enst.fr> writes:

dv>         So the obvious conclusion is that I have _no clue_ /at all/
dv> what group subscription is :-/ So please somebody, explain to a poor
dv> french dumb blonde what, in the gnus sense, "killed groups",
dv> "[un]subscribed groups" etc are.

didi,

Unsubscribed groups are simply groups that don't normally show up in the
*Group* buffer unless you hit 'L' (gnus-group-list-all-groups).  This
function lists all groups with a "level" of "unsubscribed"
(gnus-level-unsubscribed) or lower.  Normal, subscribed groups are level 3.
Zombie groups are level 8 (gnus-level-zombie), and Killed are level 9
(gnus-level-killed).

Many Gnusers have set their mail groups to level 2 or 1, so they can do 
'C-u 2 g' in the *Group* buffer to only get new mail and not touch their
news server.

The fonts selected for your *Group* buffer highlighting are defined in
gnus-group-highlight.

-- 
Jack Vinson
Zippy: The FALAFEL SANDWICH lands on my HEAD and I become a VEGETARIAN...