Re: Why use secondary-select-methods?

[kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)]

Hanak David <dhanak@inf.bme.hu> writes:

> I'm also using nnfolder to archive mail, and nntp to read a few newsgroups,
> like g.e.g and gnus.ding.  The point is that although I didn't register
> nnfolder and nntp in gnus-secondary-select-methods, everything works fine,
> I can read and post news, etc.  But something inside my head can't stop
> nagging at me, so I decided to ask: would something be better (quicker,
> safer, ...) if I *did* set g-s-s-m?  (Short of being able to browse all
> newsgroups with 'A A' and 'A K' and stuff, which I don't care about.)

The difference between foreign servers (which you are using) and
secondary servers is that Gnus checks for new newsgroups on the
secondary servers, but not on the foreign ones.

Do you want Gnus to look for new newsgroups on the servers?

The answer tells you what to do :-)
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