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stktrc <stktrc@yahoo.com> writes:

> The documentation for gnus-group-post-news says
>
> "Start composing a message (a news by default).  If ARG, post to group
> under point.  If ARG is 1, prompt for group name.  Depending on the
> selected group, the message might be either a mail or a news."
>
> but when I do gnus-group-post-news ("a") from the group buffer it
> defaults to mail.  (If I send a 1 as prefix arg it does a news post.)

Strange -- it defaults to news for me.  

What do you get if you evaluate this (place point after the last paren
and press `C-x C-e'):

(let ((group "")
      force-news header)
  (let* ((group (or group gnus-newsgroup-name))
	 (charset (gnus-group-name-charset nil group))
	 (pgroup group)
	 to-address to-group mailing-list to-list
	 newsgroup-p)
    (when group
      (setq to-address (gnus-parameter-to-address group)
	    to-group (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-group)
	    to-list (gnus-parameter-to-list group)
	    newsgroup-p (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'newsgroup)
	    mailing-list (when gnus-mailing-list-groups
			   (string-match gnus-mailing-list-groups group))
	    group (gnus-group-name-decode (gnus-group-real-name group)
					  charset)))
    (if (or (and to-group
		 (gnus-news-group-p to-group))
	    newsgroup-p
	    force-news
	    (and (gnus-news-group-p
		  (or pgroup gnus-newsgroup-name)
		  (or header gnus-current-article))
		 (not mailing-list)
		 (not to-list)
		 (not to-address)))
	'news
      'mail)))