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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el | 28 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el index 2466ddd28b7..8663d67fd0a 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el @@ -1702,16 +1702,20 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well." (destructuring-bind (method method-type infos dummy) elem (when (and method infos (not (gnus-method-denied-p method))) - (unless (gnus-server-opened method) - (gnus-open-server method)) - (when (and - (gnus-server-opened method) - (gnus-check-backend-function - 'retrieve-group-data-early (car method))) - (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-scan (car method)) - (gnus-request-scan nil method)) - (setcar (nthcdr 3 elem) - (gnus-retrieve-group-data-early method infos)))))) + ;; If the open-server method doesn't exist, then the method + ;; itself doesn't exist, so we ignore it. + (if (not (ignore-errors (gnus-get-function method 'open-server))) + (setq type-cache (delq elem type-cache)) + (unless (gnus-server-opened method) + (gnus-open-server method)) + (when (and + (gnus-server-opened method) + (gnus-check-backend-function + 'retrieve-group-data-early (car method))) + (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-scan (car method)) + (gnus-request-scan nil method)) + (setcar (nthcdr 3 elem) + (gnus-retrieve-group-data-early method infos))))))) ;; Do the rest of the retrieval. (dolist (elem type-cache) @@ -1982,7 +1986,9 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well." (while (setq method (pop methods)) ;; Only do each method once, in case the methods appear more ;; than once in this list. - (unless (member method methods) + (when (and (not (member method methods)) + ;; Check whether the backend exists. + (ignore-errors (gnus-get-function method 'open-server))) (if (or debug-on-error debug-on-quit) (gnus-read-active-file-1 method force) (condition-case () |