1.6 New Groups

If you are satisfied that you really never want to see any new groups, you can set gnus-check-new-newsgroups to nil. This will also save you some time at startup. Even if this variable is nil, you can always subscribe to the new groups just by pressing U in the group buffer (see section 2.13 Group Maintenance). This variable is ask-server by default. If you set this variable to always, then Gnus will query the back ends for new groups even when you do the g command (see section 2.17.1 Scanning New Messages).

1.6.1 Checking New Groups		Determining what groups are new.
1.6.2 Subscription Methods		What Gnus should do with new groups.
1.6.3 Filtering New Groups		Making Gnus ignore certain new groups.