Can't delete the "nndraft:drafts" newsgroup

Can't delete the "nndraft:drafts" newsgroup

[David Wake]

I have a "nndraft:drafts" newsgroup which I cannot delete.  I have
tried CTRL-K in the *Group* buffer, and removing all mention of the
groups from the configuration files.  But, when I restart GNUS, that
d@mn group is there again.  When I try G-DEL I get "This backend does
not support group deletion".  Any further suggestions?

Thanks,

David

Re: Can't delete the "nndraft:drafts" newsgroup

[David Wake]

Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com> writes:

> David Wake <dwake.no.spam@alumni.stanford.org> writes:
> > I have a "nndraft:drafts" newsgroup which I cannot delete.
> ...
> > Any further suggestions?
> 
> No.  This is intentional.  In latest 5.10, you will find that function
> gnus (in gnus.el) calls gnus-1 (in gnus-start.el) to get everything
> going.  Part of gnus-1, line 770, includes the unconditional creation
> of nndraft:drafts.
> 
> The drafts group is considered essential for Gnus' operation.  Its
> existence is required.

Thanks.  Is there any way I can move nntp:drafts so that it is not the
bottommost group and thus the default?

David

Re: Can't delete the "nndraft:drafts" newsgroup

[Karl Kleinpaste]

David Wake <dwake.no.spam@alumni.stanford.org> writes:
> Is there any way I can move nntp:drafts so that it is not the
> bottommost group and thus the default?

Bottommost listed?  I've never had a problem moving it around -- mine
shows up as the topmost group listed, within my topic set.