Re: gnus-no-server and startup level

[Tassilo Horn]

Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@syk.fi> writes:

>> But that `gnus-no-server' is concerned with levels at all doesn't
>> seem right.  Why should I want to use a different level with
>> `gnus-no-server' than with `gnus'?
>
> I think they give the explanation here:
>
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/11479
>
> That is, for historical reasons: it seems that a large number of users
> are used to reading their mail this way.

Well, ok, now it's 15 years later.  Maybe we should take another stab at
separating "don't contact servers" from "show only this level".  At
least I agree very much with Dan Christensen's suggestions.

(But my vote shouldn't count too much.  I almost never use
gnus-no-server.)

Bye,
Tassilo