Gnus Manual. Node: Servers and Methods

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6.1.6: Servers and Methods

Wherever you would normally use a select method (e.g. gnus-secondary-select-method, in the group select method, when browsing a foreign server) you can use a virtual server name instead. This could potentially save lots of typing. And it's nice all over.

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