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So a back end mainly defines either a protocol (the nntp
back
end accesses news via NNTP, the nnimap
back end
accesses mail via IMAP) or a file format and directory
layout (the nnspool
back end accesses news via the common
"spool directory" format, the nnml
back end access mail via a
file format and directory layout that's quite similar).
Gnus does not handle the underlying media, so to speak--this is all done by the back ends. A back end is a collection of functions to access the articles.
However, sometimes the term "back end" is also used where "server" would have been more appropriate. And then there is the term "select method" which can mean either. The Gnus terminology can be quite confusing.
gnus-build-sparse-threads
has been switched on.
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