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From: Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: <info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: removing dead servers
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:14:02 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86lfpzzcxh.fsf@x201.butler.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rrrv901.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:52:30 +0100")

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
>
>> Anyhow, after trying and failing to remove them in the *Server* buffer
>> (they were un-editable), I realized that gnus uses the list
>> gnus-server-alist for the editable servers. I massaged
>> gnus-server-alist, edited the dead servers, and problem was solved.
>
> You should be able to remove them from gnus-server-alist with the `k'
> command.  Only servers that Gnus knows about "from other sources"
> (usually mentioned in .gnus.el or .newsrc.eld) can't be killed in that
> way.

Yes, that is what I learned eventually. My question was, is there a way
to remove servers "from other sources" other than the one I described
(remove them from .gnus.el, add them to gnus-server-alist and k them)?

Leo

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-22 16:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-22  4:50 Leo Butler
2020-01-22 14:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-01-22 16:14   ` Leo Butler [this message]
2020-01-22 16:20     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-01-22 17:33       ` Leo Butler

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