On Sat, Sep 22 2007, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> I have always used gnus to read both news and email. But now I have a
> system where I only use it for mail.
> Everytime I start gnus I get the message
> "Unable to open nntp:news, go offline? (y or n)"
> Obviously I am not subscribed to any newsgroup on that machine.
>
> What is the best way to tell gnus not to try nntp?
Customize `gnus-select-method' to use the nnnil back end instead of
nntp, e.g. (nnnil ""). Alternatively, use your preferred mail back
end as primary select method (`gnus-select-method' instead of
`gnus-secondary-select-methods').
I notice that nnnil is not documented in the manual. From `nnnil.el':
;;; Commentary:
;; nnnil is a Gnus backend that provides no groups or articles. It's useful
;; as a primary select method when you want all your real select methods to
;; be secondary or foreign.
> Should it even try it if there's no subscription to any newsgroup?
I think it should. Gnus automatically subscribes some groups and the
user probably wants to start subscribing when no groups are subscribed
yet.
Bye, Reiner.
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