From 50a38814999fe981d4c2bd318b9375e42d599d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:12:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] dot/gnus.el: Set a null primary source if no NNTP server is
 available.

---
 dot/gnus.el | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dot/gnus.el b/dot/gnus.el
index 46b0a04..ebf83f2 100644
--- a/dot/gnus.el
+++ b/dot/gnus.el
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@
 ;;; Local configuration.
 
 ;; Fetching news from the local news server seems sensible.
-(setq gnus-select-method `(nntp ,(mdw-config 'nntp-server)))
+(setq gnus-select-method
+      (let ((server (mdw-config 'nntp-server)))
+	(if server
+	    `(nntp ,server)
+	  '(nnnil ""))))
 
 ;; Now load a local configuration file.
 (load "~/.gnus-local.el")
-- 
2.11.0