Re: Finding to which server a group belongs

On 25 September 2024 08:54 Bob Newell, wrote:

> Aloha everyone,
>
> I have a problem that puzzles me and I hope there is a simple
> answer that I've overlooked.
>
> Okay, I'm in a group summary buffer, say INBOX.  I poll
> several IMAP servers.  I want to know from which server this
> group was populated.
>
> It's sometime possible to figure it out from the variable
> gnus-summary-buffer, but not always; for instance
> nnimap+fastmail:Archive is easy but INBOX is not, especially
> as several servers provide INBOX with no further clues in the
> name.
>
> So how do I programmatically determine the 'parent' server of
> the group?
>
> Mahalo in advance for any ideas,

I guess you don't want to browse the *server buffer*, but want to see
this instantly. Perhaps you can tweak gnus-group-line-format ?

the default has a (%g%) which will make gnus display the Qualified group
name. It will add nnimap+server to your INBOX.