Variable: gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups
gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups is a customizable variable defined in
gnus-start.el.gz.
Value
nil
Documentation
Non-nil means that Gnus will check and remove bogus newsgroup at startup.
If this variable is nil, then you have to tell Gnus explicitly to
check for bogus newsgroups with b (gnus-group-check-bogus-groups).
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el.gz
(defcustom gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups nil
"Non-nil means that Gnus will check and remove bogus newsgroup at startup.
If this variable is nil, then you have to tell Gnus explicitly to
check for bogus newsgroups with \\<gnus-group-mode-map>\\[gnus-group-check-bogus-groups]."
:group 'gnus-start-server
:type 'boolean)