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>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

    Simon> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
    >> Here is a start:
    >> 
    >> ;; Replace XX with the name of your news server.
    >> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "XX"))
    >> 
    >> ;; IMAP users can use the following.  Replace II with name of your server.
    >> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
    >> '(nnimap "" (nnimap-address "II")))
    >> 
    >> ;; POP users use the following.  Replace XX, YY, ZZ as appropriate.
    >> (add-to-list 'mail-sources '(pop :server "XX" :user "YY" :password "ZZ"))
    >> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
    >> 
    >> People who use IMAP might also wish to put the following line in their
    >> ~/.authinfo files:
    >> 
    >> machine XX login YY password ZZ
    >> 
    >> Replace XX with the IMAP server name, same as II above.  YY and ZZ
    >> are login and password, respectively.
    >> 
    >> This far, it's easy.  But what to do for more complicated things?

    Simon> For complicated things, people should be able to do things
    Simon> themselves.  But providing a sample .gnus is perhaps a good
    Simon> idea altough quite un-emacsishy in style.  Should Gnus

XEmacs could even add a menu item under Help->Samples.

How about something like

View Sample gnus.el

along the lines of ...

      ("%_Samples"
       ["View Sample %_init.el" view-sample-init-el
	:active (locate-data-file "sample.init.el")]

in menubar-items.el?

    Simon> install your suggested .gnus if the user doesn't have it
    Simon> (and unless the user disabled this behaviour, I don't have
    Simon> or want a .gnus for instance)?  Everything could be
    Simon> commented out.

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