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@title Configuring Gnus for the first time

@node What do you want to do with Gnus?

@variable outbound (:radio ((item :tag "Send mail via sendmail" "sendmail") (item :tag "Send mail via SMTP" "smtp"))) "sendmail"

@variable backends (:set ((item :tag "Read news via NNTP" "nntp") (item :tag "Read mail, store it locally" "nnml") (item :tag "Read mail and store it on an IMAP server" "nnimap"))) (list "nnml")
@result primary-mail-selections (list backends outbound)

@text
Welcome to Gnus.  You need to tell us what you want to do with Gnus
before we go on to specific configurations.

Choose the tasks you want to set up: 
@variable{backends}

Choose the method Gnus will use to send mail: 
@variable{outbound}

@end text

@next (member "nnml" backends) "Setting up local mail storage (nnml)"
@next (member "nntp" backends) "Setting up a NNTP server"

@node Setting up local mail storage (nnml)
@variable mechanism (:radio ((item :tag "Get mail from your Unix mbox" "mbox") (item :tag "Use POP3 to retrieve mail" "pop3"))) "mbox"
@result nnml-mechanism (list mechanism)
@text
You are setting up local mail storage, using the nnml backend in Gnus terms.

Your mail can be downloaded into Gnus in several ways, choose one:
@variable{mechanism}

@end text

@next 'finish

@node Setting up a NNTP server

@text
TODO: this will be a real link.
Run M-x assistant and use the news-server.ast file as input.
@end text

@next 'finish


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