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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el index 47e33af96e8..be46339cd38 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el @@ -2801,8 +2801,13 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read." (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-save-newsrc-hook) (if gnus-slave (gnus-slave-save-newsrc) - ;; Save .newsrc. - (when gnus-save-newsrc-file + ;; Save .newsrc only if the select method is an NNTP method. + ;; The .newsrc file is for interoperability with other + ;; newsreaders, so saving non-NNTP groups there doesn't make + ;; much sense. + (when (and gnus-save-newsrc-file + (eq (car (gnus-server-to-method gnus-select-method)) + 'nntp)) (gnus-message 8 "Saving %s..." gnus-current-startup-file) (gnus-gnus-to-newsrc-format) (gnus-message 8 "Saving %s...done" gnus-current-startup-file)) |