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Select Methods
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   A "foreign group" is a group not read by the usual (or default)
means.  It could be, for instance, a group from a different NNTP
server, it could be a virtual group, or it could be your own personal
mail group.

   A foreign group (or any group, really) is specified by a "name" and
a "select method".  To take the latter first, a select method is a list
where the first element says what back end to use (e.g. `nntp',
`nnspool', `nnml') and the second element is the "server name".  There
may be additional elements in the select method, where the value may
have special meaning for the back end in question.

   One could say that a select method defines a "virtual server"--so we
do just that (Note: The Server Buffer).

   The "name" of the group is the name the back end will recognize the
group as.

   For instance, the group `soc.motss' on the NNTP server
`some.where.edu' will have the name `soc.motss' and select method
`(nntp "some.where.edu")'.  Gnus will call this group
`nntp+some.where.edu:soc.motss', even though the `nntp' back end just
knows this group as `soc.motss'.

   The different methods all have their peculiarities, of course.

The Server Buffer
Making and editing virtual servers.
Getting News
Reading USENET news with Gnus.
Getting Mail
Reading your personal mail with Gnus.
Browsing the Web
Getting messages from a plethora of Web sources.
Other Sources
Reading directories, files, SOUP packets.
Combined Groups
Combining groups into one group.
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Reading news and mail offline.

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