Clarify Splitting Mail in the Gnus manual

* doc/misc/gnus.texi (Splitting Mail): Clarify what happens when
crossposting or not (bug#53307).

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index b3efdfbacba..306d66de64e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -14838,12 +14838,17 @@ mail belongs in that group.
 The last of these groups should always be a general one, and the regular
 expression should @emph{always} be @samp{""} so that it matches any mails
 that haven't been matched by any of the other regexps.  (These rules are
-processed from the beginning of the alist toward the end.  The first rule
-to make a match will ``win'', unless you have crossposting enabled.  In
-that case, all matching rules will ``win''.)  If no rule matched, the mail
-will end up in the @samp{bogus} group.  When new groups are created by
-splitting mail, you may want to run @code{gnus-group-find-new-groups} to
-see the new groups.  This also applies to the @samp{bogus} group.
+processed from the beginning of the alist toward the end.
+
+If multiple rules match (excluding the general @samp{""} group), mail
+is crossposted to all these groups.  However, if
+@code{nnmail-crosspost} is set to @code{nil}, the first rule to make a
+match will ``win''.
+
+If no rule matched, the mail will end up in the @samp{bogus} group.
+When new groups are created by splitting mail, you may want to run
+@code{gnus-group-find-new-groups} to see the new groups.  This also
+applies to the @samp{bogus} group.
 
 If you like to tinker with this yourself, you can set this variable to a
 function of your choice.  This function will be called without any