Re: Removing the first nntp server from the list

[Richmond]

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:

> Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:
>
>> Richmond writes:
>>
>>> If I have in .gnus a structure like
>>>
>>>   (setq gnus-select-method
>>>
>>> and then subsequently
>>>
>>>   (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
>>>
>>> How do I remove the first server from the list? Should I just replace it
>>> with the second server? I think the article numbers would be messed up.
>>
>> You can set gnus-select-method to '(nnnil) - then it will do nothing,
>> and everything else will be "secondary" select-methods. This way you
>> also avoid having the special case for the first method.
>>
>
> Thanks it worked. I thought you had a repeating n key, but it's really a
> thing, nnnil.
>
> https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/gnus/nnnil.el

I think I have discovered an unexpected side effect of this, which is
that I no longer have a folder containing sent articles. Can I create a
new one? Maybe it is just a coincidence but I used to have a folder with
sent articles in, and now I do not.