The startup files can get rather large, so you may want to cut their sizes a bit if you are running out of space.
gnus-save-newsrc-file
If this is nil
, Gnus will never save .newsrc—it will
only save .newsrc.eld. This means that you will not be able to
use any other newsreaders than Gnus. This variable is t
by
default.
gnus-read-newsrc-file
If this is nil
, Gnus will never read .newsrc—it will
only read .newsrc.eld. This means that you will not be able to
use any other newsreaders than Gnus. This variable is t
by
default.
gnus-save-killed-list
If this is nil
, Gnus will not save the list of dead groups. You
should also set gnus-check-new-newsgroups
to ask-server
and gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups
to nil
if you set this
variable to nil
. This variable is t
by default.