:group 'gnus-start
:type '(choice file (const nil)))
-(defcustom gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups nil
- "List of newsgroups to subscribe, when a user runs Gnus the first time.
-The value should be a list of strings.
-If it is t, Gnus will not do anything special the first time it is
-started; it'll just use the normal newsgroups subscription methods."
- :group 'gnus-start
- :type '(choice (repeat string) (const :tag "Nothing special" t)))
-
(defcustom gnus-use-dribble-file t
"*Non-nil means that Gnus will use a dribble file to store user updates.
If Emacs should crash without saving the .newsrc files, complete
:group 'gnus-group-new
:type 'boolean)
+(defcustom gnus-auto-subscribed-categories '(mail post-mail)
+ "*New groups from methods of these categories will be subscribed automatically.
+Note that this variable only deals with new groups. It has no
+effect whatsoever on old groups. The default is to automatically
+subscribe all groups from mail-like backends."
+ :version "24.1"
+ :group 'gnus-group-new
+ :type '(repeat symbol))
+
(defcustom gnus-auto-subscribed-groups
- "^nnml\\|^nnfolder\\|^nnmbox\\|^nnmh\\|^nnbabyl\\|^nnmaildir"
+ "^nnml\\|^nnfolder\\|^nnmbox\\|^nnmh\\|^nnbabyl\\|^nnmaildir\\|^nnimap"
"*All new groups that match this regexp will be subscribed automatically.
Note that this variable only deals with new groups. It has no effect
whatsoever on old groups.
(gnus-group-change-level
newsgroup gnus-level-default-subscribed
gnus-level-killed (gnus-group-entry (or next "dummy.group")))
+ (gnus-request-update-group-status newsgroup 'subscribe)
(gnus-message 5 "Subscribe newsgroup: %s" newsgroup)
(run-hook-with-args 'gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-hooks newsgroup)
t))
(gnus-start-news-server (and arg (not level))))))
(if (and (not dont-connect)
(not did-connect))
+ ;; Couldn't connect to the server, so bail out.
(gnus-group-quit)
(gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-startup-hook)
- ;; NNTP server is successfully open.
-
;; Find the current startup file name.
(setq gnus-current-startup-file
(gnus-make-newsrc-file gnus-startup-file))
(gnus-dribble-read-file))
;; Do the actual startup.
- (if gnus-agent
- (gnus-request-create-group "queue" '(nndraft "")))
- (gnus-request-create-group "drafts" '(nndraft ""))
(gnus-setup-news nil level dont-connect)
(gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-setup-news-hook)
+ (when gnus-agent
+ (gnus-request-create-group "queue" '(nndraft "")))
(gnus-start-draft-setup)
;; Generate the group buffer.
(gnus-group-list-groups level)
(gnus-request-create-group "drafts" '(nndraft ""))
(unless (gnus-group-entry "nndraft:drafts")
(let ((gnus-level-default-subscribed 1))
- (gnus-subscribe-group "nndraft:drafts" nil '(nndraft ""))))
+ (gnus-subscribe-group "nndraft:drafts" nil '(nndraft "")))
+ (setcar (gnus-group-entry "nndraft:drafts") 0))
(unless (equal (gnus-group-get-parameter "nndraft:drafts" 'gnus-dummy t)
'((gnus-draft-mode)))
- (gnus-message 3 "Setting up drafts group")
(gnus-group-set-parameter
"nndraft:drafts" 'gnus-dummy '((gnus-draft-mode)))))
(when (or (null gnus-read-active-file)
(eq gnus-read-active-file 'some))
(gnus-update-active-hashtb-from-killed))
-
- ;; Validate agent covered methods now that gnus-server-alist has
- ;; been initialized.
- ;; NOTE: This is here for one purpose only. By validating the
- ;; agentized server's, it converts the old 5.10.3, and earlier,
- ;; format to the current format. That enables the agent code
- ;; within gnus-read-active-file to function correctly.
- (if gnus-agent
- (gnus-agent-read-servers-validate))
-
- ;; Read the active file and create `gnus-active-hashtb'.
- ;; If `gnus-read-active-file' is nil, then we just create an empty
- ;; hash table. The partial filling out of the hash table will be
- ;; done in `gnus-get-unread-articles'.
- (and gnus-read-active-file
- (not level)
- (gnus-read-active-file nil dont-connect))
-
(unless gnus-active-hashtb
(setq gnus-active-hashtb (gnus-make-hashtable 4096)))
-
;; Initialize the cache.
(when gnus-use-cache
(gnus-cache-open))
((and gnus-options-subscribe
(string-match gnus-options-subscribe group))
'subscribe)
+ ((let ((do-subscribe nil))
+ (dolist (category gnus-auto-subscribed-categories)
+ (when (gnus-member-of-valid category group)
+ (setq do-subscribe t)))
+ do-subscribe)
+ 'subscribe)
((and gnus-auto-subscribed-groups
(string-match gnus-auto-subscribed-groups group))
'subscribe)
(while (setq method (pop methods))
;; Only do each method once, in case the methods appear more
;; than once in this list.
- (unless (member method methods)
+ (when (and (not (member method methods))
+ ;; Check whether the backend exists.
+ (ignore-errors (gnus-get-function method 'open-server)))
(if (or debug-on-error debug-on-quit)
(gnus-read-active-file-1 method force)
(condition-case ()