+2003-05-03 Kai Gro\e,A_\e(Bjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Agent Basics): Explain that some servers can be
+ agentized, whereas others aren't.
+
2003-05-01 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
* gnus.texi (Oort Gnus): Add prefix limit feature.
@dfn{Downloading} means fetching things from the net to your local
machine. @dfn{Uploading} is doing the opposite.
+You know that Gnus gives you all the opportunity you'd ever want for
+shooting yourself in the foot. Some people call it flexibility. Gnus
+is also customizable to a great extent, which means that the user has a
+say on how Gnus behaves. Other newsreaders might unconditionally shoot
+you in your foot, but with Gnus, you have a choice!
+
+Gnus is never really in plugged or unplugged state. Rather, it applies
+that state to each server individually. This means that some servers
+can be plugged while others can be unplugged. Additionally, some
+servers can be ignored by the Agent altogether (which means that
+they're kinda like plugged always).
+
+So when you unplug the Agent and then wonder why is Gnus opening a
+connection to the Net, the next step to do is to look whether all
+servers are agentized. If there is an unagentized server, you found
+the culprit.
+
+Another thing is the @dfn{offline} state. Sometimes, servers aren't
+reachable. When Gnus notices this, it asks you whether you want the
+server to be switched to offline state. If you say yes, then the
+server will behave somewhat as if it was unplugged, except that Gnus
+will ask you whether you want to switch it back online again.
+
Let's take a typical Gnus session using the Agent.
@itemize @bullet
@kbd{J a} on the server (or servers) that you wish to have covered by the
Agent (@pxref{Server Agent Commands}), or @kbd{J r} on automatically
added servers you do not wish to have covered by the Agent. By default,
-all @code{nntp} and @code{nnimap} groups in @code{gnus-select-method} and
+all @code{nntp} and @code{nnimap} servers in @code{gnus-select-method} and
@code{gnus-secondary-select-methods} are agentized.
@item