Re: Removing the first nntp server from the list

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:

> Richmond wrote:
>
>> Thanks it worked. I thought you had a repeating n key, but
>> it's really a thing, nnnil.
>>
>> https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/gnus/nnnil.el
>
> What's nn anyway, network news?

The naming is built on the original protocol, nntp: Network News
Transfer Protocol. As Gnus grew the ability to speak more protocols,
they all got the same nn* prefix. I actually find it sort of handy for
distinguishing discussions about IMAP or maildir from the Gnus backends,
but I agree there shouldn't be any need for nnnil.