;;; Interface functions to the backends.
;;;
+(defun gnus-method-denied-p (method)
+ (eq (nth 1 (assoc method gnus-opened-servers))
+ 'denied))
+
(defun gnus-open-server (gnus-command-method)
"Open a connection to GNUS-COMMAND-METHOD."
(when (stringp gnus-command-method)