Re: Removing the first nntp server from the list

[Richmond]

Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen 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.
>
> That, the last thing, I didn't say tho.
>
> We need nil (and /dev/null) so why not nnnil?

We needs The Knights Who Say nnnil!