* gnus.el (gnus-find-method-for-group): On killed/unknown groups, try

[gnus] / lisp / gnus.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus.el
index 6697ddd..0db06f8 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus.el
@@ -4123,8 +4123,13 @@ If NEWSGROUP is nil, return the global kill file name instead."
   (or gnus-override-method
       (and (not group)
           gnus-select-method)
-      (and (not (gnus-group-entry group)) ;; a new group
-          (gnus-group-name-to-method group))
+      (and (not (gnus-group-entry group))
+          ;; Killed or otherwise unknown group.
+          (or
+           ;; If we know a virtual server by that name, return its method.
+           (gnus-server-to-method (gnus-group-server group))
+           ;; Guess a new method as last resort.
+           (gnus-group-name-to-method group)))
       (let ((info (or info (gnus-get-info group)))
            method)
        (if (or (not info)