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> Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:

>> If someone could explain the concept of "backend slots" vs using "setq"
>> it would help me a lot.

Slots are fields in Common Lisp-style "structs"
 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/cl/Structures.html

Whether that's the case for the gnus backend slots as well, I don't
know.  But it seems likely.