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s1726@ii.uib.no (Steinar Børmer) writes:

> Mathias Dahl wrote:
> 
> | I've just recently started to use GNUS and I wonder if there is a
> | way to make GNUS inform we when there are new articles to read. That
> | is, without me needing to press "g" to update the group buffer. I
> | took a quick look in the index of the manual and tried to search for
> | words like "time", "update", "interval" but did not find anything
> | interesting.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> (setq gnus-use-demon t)                 ; Use some daemonic routines
> (gnus-demon-add-handler                 ; Scan for mail in the background
>  'gnus-demon-scan-mail-ps 5 1)
> (gnus-demon-add-handler                 ; Scan for news in the background
>  'gnus-demon-scan-news 5 1)

This worked like a charm for me:

 (setq gnus-use-demon t)                 ; Use some daemonic routines
 (gnus-demon-add-handler                 ; Scan for news in the background
  'gnus-demon-scan-news 5 1)

Thanks!

/Mathias