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Home Score File
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   The score file where new score file entries will go is called the
"home score file".  This is normally (and by default) the score file
for the group itself.  For instance, the home score file for
`gnu.emacs.gnus' is `gnu.emacs.gnus.SCORE'.

   However, this may not be what you want.  It is often convenient to
share a common home score file among many groups--all `emacs' groups
could perhaps use the same home score file.

   The variable that controls this is `gnus-home-score-file'.  It can
be:

  1. A string.  Then this file will be used as the home score file for
     all groups.

  2. A function.  The result of this function will be used as the home
     score file.  The function will be called with the name of the
     group as the parameter.

  3. A list.  The elements in this list can be:

       1. `(REGEXP FILE-NAME)'.  If the REGEXP matches the group name,
          the FILE-NAME will be used as the home score file.

       2. A function.  If the function returns non-nil, the result will
          be used as the home score file.

       3. A string.  Use the string as the home score file.

     The list will be traversed from the beginning towards the end
     looking for matches.


   So, if you want to use just a single score file, you could say:

     (setq gnus-home-score-file
           "my-total-score-file.SCORE")

   If you want to use `gnu.SCORE' for all `gnu' groups and `rec.SCORE'
for all `rec' groups (and so on), you can say:

     (setq gnus-home-score-file
           'gnus-hierarchial-home-score-file)

   This is a ready-made function provided for your convenience.  Other
functions include

`gnus-current-home-score-file'
     Return the "current" regular score file.  This will make scoring
     commands add entry to the "innermost" matching score file.

   If you want to have one score file for the `emacs' groups and
another for the `comp' groups, while letting all other groups use their
own home score files:

     (setq gnus-home-score-file
           ;; All groups that match the regexp "\\.emacs"
           '(("\\.emacs" "emacs.SCORE")
             ;; All the comp groups in one score file
             ("^comp" "comp.SCORE")))

   `gnus-home-adapt-file' works exactly the same way as
`gnus-home-score-file', but says what the home adaptive score file is
instead.  All new adaptive file entries will go into the file specified
by this variable, and the same syntax is allowed.

   In addition to using `gnus-home-score-file' and
`gnus-home-adapt-file', you can also use group parameters (Note: Group
Parameters) and topic parameters (Note: Topic Parameters) to
achieve much the same.  Group and topic parameters take precedence over
this variable.


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