Only save .newsrc file if the native method is NNTP

* lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el (gnus-save-newsrc-file): Only save
the .newsrc file if the native select method is NNTP
(bug#18198).  This avoids problems with invalid IMAP group
names and the like in the .newsrc file.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ca66df62610..69b247f6f3f 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -348,6 +348,12 @@ bound to 'Buffer-menu-unmark-all-buffers'.
 *** Two new commands 'Buffer-menu-unmark-all', bound to 'U' and
 'Buffer-menu-unmark-all-buffers', bound to 'M-DEL'.
 
+** Gnus
+
+---
+*** The .newsrc file will now only be saved if the native select
+method is an NNTP select method.
+
 ** Ibuffer
 
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